Mérinchal

Mérinchal

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Mérinchal

Coordinates: 45°55′03″N 2°29′21″E / 45.9175°N 2.4892°E / 45.9175; 2.4892Coordinates: 45°55′03″N 2°29′21″E / 45.9175°N 2.4892°E / 45.9175; 2.4892
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Aubusson
Canton Crocq
Intercommunality Haut Pays Marchois
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Marie-Françoise Ventenat
Area1 45.45 km2 (17.55 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 745
  Density 16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 23131 / 23420
Elevation 656–784 m (2,152–2,572 ft)
(avg. 735 m or 2,411 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.

Mérinchal is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A large area of farming, forestry, lakes and streams comprising several villages and hamlets situated some 15 miles (24 km) east of Aubusson, 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 Cher River. A TER railway service connects the commune with Montlucon, at the station in the hamlet of Léstrade.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19621,175    
19681,187+1.0%
19751,159−2.4%
19821,032−11.0%
1990907−12.1%
1999821−9.5%
2008745−9.3%

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International relations

Mérinchal is twinned with: Germany Öhningen, Germany since 1984.

See also

References

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