Meillant

Meillant
Commune
Chateau
Coat of arms
Location of Meillant
Meillant Location within France Show map of France Meillant Location within Centre-Val de Loire Show map of Centre-Val de Loire
Coordinates: 46°46′54″N 2°30′20″E / 46.7817°N 2.5056°E / 46.7817; 2.5056
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Intercommunality	CC Cœur de France
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Claude Julien
Area 1	40.6 km2 (15.7 sq mi)
Elevation	184 m (604 ft)
Highest elevation	288 m (945 ft)
Lowest elevation	152 m (499 ft)
Population  (2023)	645
• Density	15.9/km2 (41.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18142 /18200
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Meillant (French pronunciation: [mɛjɑ̃]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire 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

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

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