Mézières-en-Brenne

Mézières-en-Brenne
Mézières-en-Brenne
Administration
Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Le Blanc
Canton	Mézières-en-Brenne
Statistics
Elevation	84–138 m (276–453 ft) (avg. 90 m/300 ft)
Land area1	57.57 km2 (22.23 sq mi)
Population2	1,160  (1999)
- Density	20 /km2 (52 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	36123/ 36290
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.

Coordinates: 46°49′18″N 1°12′41″E / 46.8216666667°N 1.21138888889°E / 46.8216666667; 1.21138888889

Mézières-en-Brenne is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Natural Park

It is located is at the heart of the Brenne regional natural park. The Brenne is one of France's most important wetlands. An large diversity of natural habitats is responsible for an abundance of wildlife of which the best known are the birds: purple heron, black-necked grebe, bittern, marsh harrier, whiskered tern, short-toed eagle. The Brenne is also Europe's most important site for the European pond tortoise.

See also

• Communes of the Indre department
• Saint-Benoît-du-Sault

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Brenne Regional Natural Park website