Méry-sur-Cher

Méry-sur-Cher
Commune
Coat of arms
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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
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Vierzon
Canton	Vierzon-2
Intercommunality	CC 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
• Density	33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18150 /18100
Elevation	93–158 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[]

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[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Méry-sur-Cher.

• Official commune website (in French)