Meung-sur-Loire

Meung-sur-Loire
region	Center-Val de Loire
Department	Loiret
Arrondissement	Orleans
Canton	Meung-sur-Loire (main town)
Community association	Terres du Val de Loire
Coordinates	47 ° 50 ′ N , 1 ° 42 ′ E Coordinates: 47 ° 50 ′ N , 1 ° 42 ′ E
height	82-113 m
surface	20.35 km 2
Residents	6,440 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	316 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	45130
INSEE code	45203
Website	http://www.ville-meung-sur-loire.fr/

Meung-sur-Loire [ ˌmœsyʁ.lwaːʁ ] is a French municipality with 6440 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Loiret in the region Center-Val de Loire . It belongs to the Arrondissement Orléans and the Canton of Meung-sur-Loire . The city is located on the north bank of the Loire , about 20 kilometers west of Orléans .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	3718	4116	4601	5604	5993	6254	6152	6440

Saint-Liphard Collegiate Church, 11th or 12th century
The Castle Meung-sur-Loire , the country seat of the Bishop of Orléans , in its oldest parts from the 12th century
The Porte d'amont (the city gate upstream) from 1629 is the last remnant of the city fortifications. She wears a watch that has 61 minutes.

The plot of the novel " The Three Musketeers " by Alexandre Dumas begins in Meung.
Inspector Maigret , the character in the novel by Georges Simenon , often spent his holidays here and moved here after retirement.

Jean de Meung , one of the authors of the Roman de la rose
Odo von Meung (11th century), author of Macer Floridus
Nicolas d'Orgemont , who died in the local dungeon in 1416
François Villon , who spent the summer of 1461 in the local dungeon
Louis Sextius Jarente de La Bruyère , Bishop of Orléans
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres lived here regularly between 1853 and 1866.
Gaston Couté spent his childhood here.
Maurice Clayette , CNAM engineer and co-founder of Delaugère & Clayette , spent his childhood here.
Alain Corneau was born here in 1943.

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