Meyrals

Meyrals
Commune
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Coordinates: 44°53′59″N 1°03′53″E / 44.8997°N 1.0647°E / 44.8997; 1.0647Coordinates: 44°53′59″N 1°03′53″E / 44.8997°N 1.0647°E / 44.8997; 1.0647
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Sarlat-la-Canéda
Canton	Vallée Dordogne
Intercommunality	Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Joël Le Corre
Area 1	18.16 km2 (7.01 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	646
• Density	36/km2 (92/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	24268 /24220
Elevation	90–267 m (295–876 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Meyrals is a commune in the Dordogne department in the southwest of France.

Meyrals is in the Périgord and, specifically, the Périgord Noir (Black Périgord), in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

A stone house in Meyrals

Population[]

Cabanes (huts made with stones without mortar) in Meyrals

Personalities[]

• Christophe de Beaumont, (1703–1781), archbishop of Paris, was born in Meyrals.

Events[]

• Festival des épouvantails (Scarecrows) has been held every summer from 1999 to the present.
• The village of Meyrals was the setting for the film "Périgord noir" (1988), with Roland Giraud.

International relations[]

Meyral has one sister city:

• - Bieuzy, France

See also[]

• Communes of the Dordogne department

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Jacqueline Jouanel, Histoire de Meyrals, des origines à la Révolution, édition Récéad, 2007

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