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Ménétréol sous Sancerre

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Cher

Population (2008)
  
378

Elevation
  
185 m

Local time
  
Thursday 4:51 PM

Region
  
Centre-Val de Loire

Canton
  
Sancerre

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
5.67 km²

Arrondissement
  
Bourges

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind SW at 13 km/h, 84% Humidity

Ménétréol-sous-Sancerre is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

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Geography

A winegrowing and farming village situated by the banks of the rivers Vauvise and Loire and the Loire lateral canal, some 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D9 with the D920 and the D307 roads. The Sauvignon blanc grapes grown here are used for Sancerre AOC wines.

Sights

  • The church of St. Hilaire, dating from the seventeenth century.
  • The restored watermill.
  • The twelfth-century chateau des Aubelles and its chapel.
  • The small port on the canal.
  • The nineteenth-century railway viaduct.

    • References

    Ménétréol-sous-Sancerre Wikipedia
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