Mérigny

Mérigny
Commune
The town hall in Mérigny
Location of Mérigny
Mérigny Mérigny
Coordinates: 46°37′55″N 0°55′36″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Le Blanc
Canton	Le Blanc
Intercommunality	Brenne Val de Creuse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Liaudois
Area 1	31.77 km2 (12.27 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	544
• Density	17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	36119 /36220
Elevation	67–136 m (220–446 ft) (avg. 76 m or 249 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mérigny (French pronunciation: [meʁiɲi]) is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Geography

The commune is located in the parc naturel régional de la Brenne.

The Anglin flows northwest through the middle of the commune, then forms its northwestern border.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,072 —     1800 1,345 +25.5% 1806 666 −50.5% 1821 969 +45.5% 1831 988 +2.0% 1836 1,024 +3.6% 1841 1,030 +0.6% 1846 1,084 +5.2% 1851 1,088 +0.4% 1856 1,071 −1.6% 1861 1,002 −6.4% 1866 1,000 −0.2% 1872 1,006 +0.6% 1876 1,033 +2.7% 1881 1,015 −1.7% 1886 1,083 +6.7% 1891 1,014 −6.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 1,055 +4.0% 1901 1,006 −4.6% 1906 1,015 +0.9% 1911 1,032 +1.7% 1921 920 −10.9% 1926 842 −8.5% 1931 803 −4.6% 1936 826 +2.9% 1946 820 −0.7% 1954 817 −0.4% 1962 804 −1.6% 1968 767 −4.6% 1975 700 −8.7% 1982 570 −18.6% 1990 563 −1.2% 1999 572 +1.6% 2009 562 −1.7%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department
• Plaincourault Chapel