Menetou-Couture

Menetou-Couture
The abbey church of Fontmorigny, in Menetou-Couture
Menetou-Couture
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Menetou-Couture
Coordinates: 47°02′46″N 2°54′55″E / 47.0461°N 2.9153°ECoordinates: 47°02′46″N 2°54′55″E / 47.0461°N 2.9153°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Nérondes
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Ratillon
Area^1	28.93 km^2 (11.17 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	342
• Density	12/km^2 (31/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18143 / 18320
Elevation	176–212 m (577–696 ft) (avg. 205 m or 673 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.

Menetou-Couture 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 by the banks of the small river Liseron, some 22 miles (35 km) east of Bourges, at the junction of the D12 with the D189 and the D48 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	444	—
1968	477	+7.4%
1975	394	−17.4%
1982	369	−6.3%
1990	356	−3.5%
1999	316	−11.2%
2008	342	+8.2%

Sights

Historic sites

• The church of St. Caprais, dating from the twelfth century
• The fifteenth-century chateau of Menetou-Couture.
• The ruins of the 12th-century abbey of Notre-Dame at Fontmorigny.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Menetou-Couture on the Quid website (French)