Meillant

Meillant
Chateau
Meillant
Administration
Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Cœur de France
Mayor	Michel Guillon (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	152–288 m (499–945 ft) (avg. 184 m/604 ft)
Land area1	40.6 km2 (15.7 sq mi)
Population2	781  (2008)
- Density	19 /km2 (49 /sq mi)
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.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 46°46′54″N 2°30′20″E / 46.7816666667°N 2.50555555556°E / 46.7816666667; 2.50555555556

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 of Meillant

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
745	772	658	684	749	792	781

Places of interest

• 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 château.
• Some parts of the convent of Sainte-Catherine.
• A museum at the chateau.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Meillant on the Quid website (French)