Kalpana Kalpana (Editor)

Mérinchal

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Country
  
France

Department
  
Creuse

Intercommunality
  
Haut Pays Marchois

Area
  
45.45 km²

Arrondissement
  
Aubusson, Creuse

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canton
  
Crocq

Population (2008)
  
745

Local time
  
Thursday 5:01 PM

Mérinchal httpswwwgitesdefrancecomphotosgites19Gp

Weather
  
3°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 83% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of M%C3%A9rinchal, 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.

Sights

  • The church, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The remains of a twelfth-century castle at La Mothe.
  • The remains of a chateau at Villebrune.
  • The seventeenth-century chateau du Vieux-Voisin.
  • Chapels at Villelume, La Mothe and La Vernède

    • International relations

    Mérinchal is twinned with: Öhningen, Germany since 1984.

    References

    Mérinchal Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA