Menetou Râtel

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Menetou Râtel
Menetou-Râtel (France)
Menetou Râtel
region Center-Val de Loire
Department Cher
Arrondissement Bourges
Canton Sancerre
Community association Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire
Coordinates 47 ° 21 ′  N , 2 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 21 ′  N , 2 ° 45 ′  E
height 242-377 m
surface 28.01 km 2
Residents 484 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 17 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 18300
INSEE code

Menetou-Râtel is a French municipality with 484 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Bourges and the Canton of Sancerre .

location

Menetou-Râtel is about 44 kilometers northeast of Bourges . Menetou-Râtel is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Subligny in the north, Sury-en-Vaux in the northeast, Verdigny in the east, Amigny in the east and southeast, Bué in the southeast, Crézancy-en-Sancerre in the south, Sens-Beaujeu in the west and southwest as well Jars to the northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 641 594 526 506 483 480 490 484
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Martin church from the 12th / 13th centuries century
  • Notre-Dame priory from the 14th century
  • Couet Castle from 1875

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Cher. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-088-4 , pp. 877-879.

Web links

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