Le Mériot

Le Mériot
region	Grand Est
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Nogent-sur-Seine
Canton	Nogent-sur-Seine
Community association	Nogentais
Coordinates	48 ° 30 ' N , 3 ° 26' E Coordinates: 48 ° 30 ' N , 3 ° 26' E
height	59-184 m
surface	12.60 km 2
Residents	614 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	49 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	10400
INSEE code	10231

Le Mériot is a French commune with 614 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aube department in the Grand Est region . The place belongs to the arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Seine and the canton of Nogent-sur-Seine . The community is also part of the Nogentais community association founded in 2006 . The inhabitants are called Mériotins / Mériotines .

geography

Le Mériot is located around 52 kilometers northwest of Troyes and around 89 kilometers southeast of Paris in the north-west of the Aube department on the border with the Seine-et-Marne department . The municipality consists of the villages of Beaulieu, Le Mériot and Le Plessis Mériot and is largely covered by forest. The Seine forms large parts of the southern municipal boundary .

Neighboring communities are Chalautre-la-Grande (in the Seine-et-Marne department) in the north, Saint-Nicolas-la-Chapelle in the east, Nogent-sur-Seine in the south-east, La Motte-Tilly in the south-west and Melz-sur-Seine ( in the Seine-et-Marne department) to the west.

history

Until the French Revolution, Le Mériot was within the province of Champagne . The parish belonged to the district of Nogent-sur-Seine from 1793 to 1801. Since 1801 it has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Seine. The municipality has been within the canton of Nogent-sur-Seine since 1793. The municipality used to be called Le Meriol .

Population development

year	1793	1800	1846	1856	1886	1911	1921	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	549	624	620	543	613	423	350	336	325	339	356	417	495	550	589
Sources: Cassini and INSEE