Mérinchal Explained

Mérinchal
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Ville fr Merinchal (23).svg
Arrondissement:	Aubusson
Canton:	Auzances
Insee:	23131
Postal Code:	23420
Mayor:	Marie-Françoise Ventenat^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine
Coordinates:	45.9175°N 2.4892°W
Elevation M:	735
Elevation Min M:	656
Elevation Max M:	784
Area Km2:	45.45

Mérinchal (pronounced as /fr/; oc|Mairinchal) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A large area of farming, forestry, lakes and streams comprising several villages and hamlets situated some 15miles east of Aubusson, at the junction of the D27, D28 and the D31 roads and also on the D941. The commune has the department of Puy-de-Dôme on its eastern border and is also the source of the river Cher. Until 2008 the commune was served by two railway stations on the now closed line from Montluçon to Eygurande–Merlines.

Population

Sights

• The church, dating from the twelfth century.
• The remains of a twelfth-century castle at La Mothe.
• The remains of a chateau at Villebrune.
• The seventeenth-century chateau du Vieux-Voisin.
• Chapels at Villelume, La Mothe and La Vernède

International relations

Mérinchal is twinned with Öhningen, Germany since 1984.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.