Mennetou-sur-Cher

Mennetou-sur-Cher
Commune
The Joan of Arc gate
Coat of arms
Location of Mennetou-sur-Cher
Mennetou-sur-Cher Mennetou-sur-Cher
Coordinates: 47°16′14″N 1°52′00″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Romorantin-Lanthenay
Canton	Selles-sur-Cher
Intercommunality	Romorantinais
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Christophe Thorin
Area 1	16.26 km2 (6.28 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	875
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Mennetou-sur-Cher is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	797	—
1806	751	−5.8%
1821	816	+8.7%
1831	885	+8.5%
1841	858	−3.1%
1851	947	+10.4%
1861	926	−2.2%
1872	1,066	+15.1%
1881	1,012	−5.1%
1891	1,060	+4.7%
1901	1,057	−0.3%
1911	1,079	+2.1%
1921	922	−14.6%
1931	942	+2.2%
1946	880	−6.6%
1954	908	+3.2%
1962	950	+4.6%
1968	967	+1.8%
1975	984	+1.8%
1982	900	−8.5%
1990	827	−8.1%
1999	903	+9.2%
2008	874	−3.2%
2014	888	+1.6%

Personalities

The writer Michel Breitman (1926–2009) was born in Mennetou-sur-Cher.

See also

• Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department

References

• INSEE statistics