Méry-sur-Cher

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Méry-sur-Cher
Coat of arms of Méry-sur-Cher
Location of Méry-sur-Cher
Méry-sur-Cher is located in France
Méry-sur-Cher
Méry-sur-Cher
Coordinates: 47°14′49″N 1°59′21″E / 47.2469°N 1.9892°E / 47.2469; 1.9892Coordinates: 47°14′49″N 1°59′21″E / 47.2469°N 1.9892°E / 47.2469; 1.9892
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentCher
ArrondissementVierzon
CantonVierzon-2
IntercommunalityCC Vierzon-Sologne-Berry et Villages de la Forêt
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Rached Ait-Slimane
Area
1
20.91 km2 (8.07 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
686
 • Density33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
18150 /18100
Elevation93–158 m (305–518 ft)
(avg. 140 m or 460 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Méry-sur-Cher (French pronunciation: ​[meʁi syʁ ʃɛʁ]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography[]

A village of farming and forestry situated by the banks of the Cher River some 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Vierzon, at the junction of the N76 and the D211 roads. The now disused Canal de Berry passes through the south of the commune.

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962490—    
1968515+5.1%
1975534+3.7%
1982555+3.9%
1990601+8.3%
1999625+4.0%
2008686+9.8%

Sights[]

  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The sixteenth-century chateau of Mery.
  • The seventeenth-century chateau La Foret.
  • The nineteenth-century chateau Gaillard.

Personalities[]

Cyprian Godebski (1835–1909), sculptor and painter was born here.

See also[]

  • Communes of the Cher department

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.

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