Meillant

Meillant
Chateau
Coat of arms
Meillant
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Meillant
Coordinates: 46°46′54″N 2°30′20″E / 46.7817°N 2.5056°ECoordinates: 46°46′54″N 2°30′20″E / 46.7817°N 2.5056°E
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 (2008–2014)	Michel Guillon
Area^1	40.6 km^2 (15.7 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	781
• Density	19/km^2 (50/sq mi)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Meillant is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre 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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	745	—
1968	772	+3.6%
1975	658	−14.8%
1982	684	+4.0%
1990	749	+9.5%
1999	792	+5.7%
2008	781	−1.4%

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

• INSEE

External links

• Meillant on the Quid website (French)