Mehun-sur-Yèvre

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Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Mehun-sur-Yèvre

(2020–2026) Jean-Louis Salak^[1]Area

24.45 km² (9.44 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

6,448 • Density260/km² (680/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

18141 /18500

Elevation107–137 m (351–449 ft)
(avg. 122 m or 400 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mehun-sur-Yèvre (French pronunciation: [mə.œ̃ syʁ jɛvʁ], literally Mehun on Yèvre) is a commune in the Cher department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,669	—
1800	2,187	+3.94%
1806	2,499	+2.25%
1821	2,949	+1.11%
1831	3,310	+1.16%
1836	3,557	+1.45%
1841	3,333	−1.29%
1846	4,097	+4.21%
1851	4,260	+0.78%
1856	4,803	+2.43%
1861	5,471	+2.64%
1866	6,176	+2.45%
1872	6,501	+0.86%
1876	6,326	−0.68%
1881	6,350	+0.08%
1886	6,591	+0.75%
1891	6,572	−0.06%
1896	6,334	−0.74%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	6,345	+0.03%
1906	6,397	+0.16%
1911	6,177	−0.70%
1921	5,382	−1.37%
1926	5,337	−0.17%
1931	5,112	−0.86%
1936	5,049	−0.25%
1946	5,290	+0.47%
1954	5,397	+0.25%
1962	5,700	+0.69%
1968	5,893	+0.56%
1975	6,902	+2.28%
1982	7,178	+0.56%
1990	7,227	+0.09%
1999	7,212	−0.02%
2007	6,889	−0.57%
2012	6,828	−0.18%
2017	6,562	−0.79%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Mehun-sur-Yèvre, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE