Menetou-Couture

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2020–2026) Jean-Pierre Ratillon^[1]Area28.93 km² (11.17 sq mi)Population371 • Density13/km² (33/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation176–212 m (577–696 ft)
(avg. 205 m or 673 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Menetou-Couture is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire 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

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	444	—
1968	477	+7.4%
1975	394	−17.4%
1982	369	−6.3%
1990	356	−3.5%
1999	316	−11.2%
2008	342	+8.2%

Sights

Historic sites

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

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References