Châteaumeillant

Châteaumeillant Chastèlmelhan  (Occitan)
Commune
The church of Our Lady, in Châteaumeillant The church of Our Lady, in Châteaumeillant
Coat of arms of Châteaumeillant Coat of arms
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Châteaumeillant
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frédéric Durant
Area1	42.48 km2 (16.40 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2
INSEE/Postal code	18057 / 18370
Elevation	212–388 m (696–1,273 ft) (avg. 253 m or 830 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.

Châteaumeillant (French: [ʃɑtomɛjɑ̃]; Occitan: Chastèlmelhan) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

An area of winegrowing, farming and forestry comprising a small town and several hamlets situated in the valley of the small river Sinaise, some 40 miles (64 km) south of Bourges at the junction of the D943 with the D3 and the D70 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	2,462	—
1968	2,528	+2.7%
1975	2,429	−3.9%
1982	2,186	−10.0%
1990	2,081	−4.8%
1999	2,058	−1.1%
2008	2,082	+1.2%

Sights

• The abbey church of St. Genès, dating from the twelfth century.
• A medieval castle.
• Other buildings, originally part of the abbey.
• The museum, dating from the fourteenth century.
• The eleventh-century church of Notre-Dame.

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The vineyards of Châteaumeillant

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

External links

• Official town website
• Website of the winegrowing cooperative