Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre

Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre
Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre
Administration
Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Vierzon
Canton	Aubigny-sur-Nère
Intercommunality	Sauldre et Sologne
Mayor	Patrick Violleau (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	131–183 m (430–600 ft) (avg. 152 m/499 ft)
Land area1	50.08 km2 (19.34 sq mi)
Population2	252  (2008)
- Density	5 /km2 (13 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18147/ 18700
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: 47°26′56″N 2°18′31″E / 47.4488888889°N 2.30861111111°E / 47.4488888889; 2.30861111111

Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

An area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising the village and a hamlet situated in the valley of the petite Sauldre river, some 16 miles (26 km) north of Bourges at the junction of the D924, D12 and the D79 roads.
The Petite Sauldre flows westward through the middle of the commune; the village lies on its right bank. The Rère flows northwestward, then southwestward, through the heavily-wooded southern part of the commune.

Population

Historical population of Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
230	256	250	223	229	271	252

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The remains of the castle of la Faye, dating from the thirteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre on the Quid website (French)