Mareau-aux-Prés
Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France
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Mareau-aux-Prés (French pronunciation: [maʁo o pʁe]) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France, situated 13 km south west of the city of Orléans.
Mareau-aux-Prés | |
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The town hall in Mareau-aux-Prés | |
 Location of Mareau-aux-Prés | |
  Mareau-aux-Prés Location within France  Mareau-aux-Prés Location within Centre-Val de Loire | |
| Coordinates: 47°50′52″N 1°48′01″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Loiret |
| Arrondissement | Orléans |
| Canton | Beaugency |
| Intercommunality | Terres du Val de Loire |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Bertrand Hauchecorne[1] |
Area 1 | 13.34 km2 (5.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,669 |
| • Density | 125.1/km2 (324.0/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Mareprésiens[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 45196 /45370 |
| Elevation | 82–103 m (269–338 ft) |
| Website | www |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The first records of the commune date back to the 10th century, when it went by the Latin name of Marolaium or Marogilium.
It includes the hamlets of Saint-Fiacre and Trépoix. Trépoix has the remains of a 13th-century castle.[4]
Mareau has always been an agricultural community and today is known for producing Orléans and Orléans-Cléry AOC wines.[5]
As of January 2012, the Mayor is Bertrand Hauchecorne.[6]
