Mérinchal
Appearance
Mérinchal | |
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Coordinates:45°55′03″N2°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) |
1French 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 acommunein theCreusedepartmentin theNouvelle-Aquitaineregionin centralFrance.
Geography
[edit]A large area offarming,forestry,lakes and streams comprising several villages and hamlets situated some 15 miles (24 km) east ofAubusson,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 riverCher.Until 2008 the commune was served by two railway stations on the now closed line from Montluçon to Eygurande–Merlines.
Population
[edit]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
[edit]- The church, dating from the twelfth century.
- The remains of a twelfth-century castle at La Mothe.
- The remains of achateauat Villebrune.
- The seventeenth-century chateau du Vieux-Voisin.
- Chapels at Villelume, La Mothe and La Vernède
International relations
[edit]Mérinchal is twinned withÖhningen,Germanysince 1984.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Répertoire national des élus: les maires".data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises(in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^"Populations légales 2021"(in French).The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies.28 December 2023.
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