Meyrals
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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Meyrals is a commune in the Dordogne department in the southwest of France.
Meyrals | |
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A general view of Meyrals | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Meyrals | |
  Meyrals Location within France  Meyrals Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Coordinates: 44°53′59″N 1°03′53″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Dordogne |
| Arrondissement | Sarlat-la-Canéda |
| Canton | Vallée Dordogne |
| Intercommunality | Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Joël Le Corre[1] |
Area 1 | 18.16 km2 (7.01 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 715 |
| • Density | 39.4/km2 (102/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 24268 /24220 |
| Elevation | 90–267 m (295–876 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Meyrals is in the Périgord and, specifically, the Périgord Noir (Black Périgord), in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 434 | — |
| 1975 | 368 | −2.33% |
| 1982 | 385 | +0.65% |
| 1990 | 417 | +1.00% |
| 1999 | 468 | +1.29% |
| 2007 | 536 | +1.71% |
| 2012 | 580 | +1.59% |
| 2017 | 641 | +2.02% |
| 2023 | 715 | +1.84% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Personalities
- Christophe de Beaumont, (1703–1781), archbishop of Paris, was born in Meyrals.
Events
- Festival des épouvantails (Scarecrows) has been held every summer from 1999 to the present.
- The village of Meyrals was the setting for the film "Périgord noir" (1988), with Roland Giraud.
International relations
Meyral has one sister city:
