Menetou-Couture

Menetou-Couture
Menetou-Couture
Administration
Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Nérondes
Mayor	Jean-Pierre Ratillon (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	176–212 m (577–696 ft) (avg. 205 m/673 ft)
Land area1	28.93 km2 (11.17 sq mi)
Population2	342  (2008)
- Density	12 /km2 (31 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18143/ 18320
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: 47°02′46″N 2°54′55″E / 47.0461111111°N 2.91527777778°E / 47.0461111111; 2.91527777778

Menetou-Couture is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

An area of lakes and streams, forestry and farming comprising the village and several hamlets, situated by the banks of the small river Liseron, some 22 miles (35 km) east of Bourges, at the junction of the D12 with the D189 and the D48 roads.

Population

Historical population of Menetou-Couture

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
444	477	394	369	356	316	342

Places of interest

Historic monuments

• The church of St. Caprais, dating from the twelfth century
• The fifteenth century château de Menetou-Couture.
• The ruins of the 12th century abbey of Notre-Dame at Fontmorigny.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Menetou-Couture on the Quid website (French)