Meyrals
Meyrals | |
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Commune | |
Meyrals | |
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region Meyrals | |
Coordinates: 44°53′59″N 1°03′53″E / 44.8997°N 1.0647°ECoordinates: 44°53′59″N 1°03′53″E / 44.8997°N 1.0647°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Dordogne |
Arrondissement | Sarlat-la-Canéda |
Canton | Vallée Dordogne |
Intercommunality | Vallée de la Dordogne |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014-) | Joel Le Corre |
Area1 | 18.16 km2 (7.01 sq mi) |
Population (2008)2 | 578 |
• Density | 32/km2 (82/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
INSEE/Postal code | 24268 /24220 |
Elevation |
90–267 m (295–876 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 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. |
Meyrals is a commune in the Dordogne department in the southwest of France.
Meyrals is in the Périgord and, specifically, the Périgord Noir (Black Périgord), in Aquitaine.
Population
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1962 | 429 | — |
1968 | 434 | +1.2% |
1975 | 368 | −15.2% |
1982 | 385 | +4.6% |
1990 | 417 | +8.3% |
1999 | 468 | +12.2% |
2008 | 578 | +23.5% |
Personalities
- Christophe de Beaumont, (1703–1781), archbishop of Paris, was born in Meyrals.
Events
- Festival des épouvantails (Scarecrows) has been held every summer from 1999 to the present.
- The village of Meyrals was the setting for the film "Périgord noir" (1988), with Roland Giraud.
International relations
Meyral has one sister city:
See also
References
Bibliography
- Jacqueline Jouanel, Histoire de Meyrals, des origines à la Révolution, édition Récéad, 2007
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