Mer, Loir-et-Cher

Mer
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Mer
Mer Mer
Coordinates: 47°41′57″N 1°30′30″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Blois
Canton	La Beauce
Intercommunality	Beauce Ligérienne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Vincent Robin
Area 1	26.47 km2 (10.22 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	6,235
• Density	240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	41136 /41500
Elevation	72–116 m (236–381 ft) (avg. 98 m or 322 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mer, also known as Mer-sur-Loire, is a commune in the department of Loir-et-Cher in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 4,500 —     1806 4,020 −10.7% 1821 3,531 −12.2% 1831 3,733 +5.7% 1841 3,686 −1.3% 1951 4,233 +14.8% 1961 4,166 −1.6% 1982 4,058 −2.6% 1881 4,029 −0.7% 1891 4,029 +0.0% 1901 3,585 −11.0% 1911 3,578 −0.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 3,223 −9.9% 1931 2,912 −9.6% 1946 2,821 −3.1% 1954 3,055 +8.3% 1962 3,477 +13.8% 1968 4,600 +32.3% 1975 5,158 +12.1% 1982 5,886 +14.1% 1990 5,950 +1.1% 1999 5,884 −1.1% 2004 5,830 −0.9% 2014 6,197 +6.3%

See also

• Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department

References

• INSEE statistics

External links

• Official website