Menet
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Coordinates: 45°17′51″N 2°35′03″E / 45.2975°N 2.5842°ECoordinates: 45°17′51″N 2°35′03″E / 45.2975°N 2.5842°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Cantal |
Arrondissement | Mauriac |
Canton | Riom-ès-Montagnes |
Intercommunality | Pays Gentiane |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Alexis Monier |
Area 1 | 29.86 km2 (11.53 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 544 |
• Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 15124 /15400 |
Elevation | 579–980 m (1,900–3,215 ft) (avg. 715 m or 2,346 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Menet is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.
The village is noteworthy for its twelfth century Romanesque Church of St Peter, and for its small lake.
Population[]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 851 | — |
1968 | 819 | −3.8% |
1975 | 653 | −20.3% |
1982 | 653 | +0.0% |
1990 | 622 | −4.7% |
1999 | 580 | −6.8% |
2008 | 506 | −12.8% |
2016 | 567 | +12.1% |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
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