Mennetou-sur-Cher

Mennetou-sur-Cher

The Joan of Arc gate, in Mennetou-sur-Cher

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Mennetou-sur-Cher

Coordinates: 47°16′14″N 1°52′00″E / 47.2706°N 1.8667°E / 47.2706; 1.8667Coordinates: 47°16′14″N 1°52′00″E / 47.2706°N 1.8667°E / 47.2706; 1.8667
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement Romorantin-Lanthenay
Canton Mennetou-sur-Cher
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Romorantinais
Government
  Mayor Jean-Paul Valentini
Area1 16.26 km2 (6.28 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 903
  Density 56/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 41135 / 41320
Elevation 85–136 m (279–446 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Mennetou-sur-Cher is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France. The writer Michel Breitman (1926–2009) was born in Mennetou-sur-Cher.

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