Meillant

Meillant
Commune
Chateau
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 46°46′54″N 2°30′20″E / 46.7817°N 2.5056°E / 46.7817; 2.5056Coordinates: 46°46′54″N 2°30′20″E / 46.7817°N 2.5056°E / 46.7817; 2.5056
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Cœur de France
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Claude Julien
Area 1	40.6 km2 (15.7 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	686
• Density	17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18142 /18200
Elevation	152–288 m (499–945 ft) (avg. 184 m or 604 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Meillant (French pronunciation: ​[mɛjɑ̃]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography[]

An area of lakes and streams, forestry and farming comprising the village and several hamlets, situated some 22 miles (35 km) south of Bourges, at the junction of the D10, D92 and the D37 roads.

Population[]

Sights[]

• The church of St. Aubin, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The thirteenth-century château de Meillant, once the home of the house of Amboise.
• Several houses dating from the sixteenth century.
• A seventeenth-century washhouse at the hamlet of Saint-Rhamble.
• Traces of a 17th-century priory.
• The sixteenth-century chapel at the chateau.
• Some parts of the convent of Saint Catherine.
• A museum at the chateau.

See also[]

• Communes of the Cher department

References[]

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