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Meillant

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Cher

Population (2008)
  
781

Local time
  
Saturday 4:57 AM

Region
  
Centre-Val de Loire

Canton
  
Saint-Amand-Montrond

Area
  
40.6 km²

Arrondissement
  
Saint-Amand-Montrond


Intercommunality
  
Communauté de communes du Cœur de France

Weather
  
7°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 81% Humidity

Meillant is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Contents

Map of 18200 Meillant, 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.

Sights

  • 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 chateau.
  • Some parts of the convent of Saint Catherine.
  • A museum at the chateau.

    • References

    Meillant Wikipedia
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