Mérinchal
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Mérinchal | |
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Coordinates: 45°55′03″N 2°29′21″E / 45.9175°N 2.4892°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Creuse |
Arrondissement | Aubusson |
Canton | Auzances |
Intercommunality | CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Marie-Françoise Ventenat[1] |
Area 1 | 45.45 km2 (17.55 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 667 |
• Density | 15/km2 (38/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 23131 /23420 |
Elevation | 656–784 m (2,152–2,572 ft) (avg. 735 m or 2,411 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Mérinchal (French pronunciation: [meʁɛ̃ʃal]; Occitan: Mairinchal) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
Geography
A large area of farming, forestry, lakes and streams comprising several villages and hamlets situated some 15 miles (24 km) east of Aubusson, at the junction of the D27, D28 and the D31 roads and also on the D941. The commune has the department of Puy-de-Dôme on its eastern border and is also the source of the river Cher. Until 2008 the commune was served by two railway stations on the now closed line from Montluçon to Eygurande–Merlines.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 1,175 | — |
1968 | 1,187 | +1.0% |
1975 | 1,159 | −2.4% |
1982 | 1,032 | −11.0% |
1990 | 907 | −12.1% |
1999 | 821 | −9.5% |
2008 | 745 | −9.3% |
Sights
- The church, dating from the twelfth century.
- The remains of a twelfth-century castle at La Mothe.
- The remains of a chateau at Villebrune.
- The seventeenth-century chateau du Vieux-Voisin.
- Chapels at Villelume, La Mothe and La Vernède
International relations
Mérinchal is twinned with Öhningen, Germany since 1984.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
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