Mérinchal is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Creuse

Creuse

Creuse is a department in central France named after the Creuse River.-History:Creuse is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from the former province of La Marche....

 department in the Limousin

Limousin (région)

Limousin is one of the 27 regions of France. It is composed of three départements: Corrèze, Creuse and the Haute-Vienne.Situated largely in the Massif Central, as of January 1st 2008, the Limousin comprised 740,743 inhabitants on nearly 17 000 km2, making it the second least populated region of...

 region

Régions of France

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 in central France

France

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Geography

A large area of farming, forestry

Forestry

Forestry is the interdisciplinary profession embracing the science, art, and craft of creating, managing, using, and conserving forests and associated resources in a sustainable manner to meet desired goals, needs, and values for human benefit. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands...

, lakes and streams comprising several villages and hamlets situated some 15 miles (24.1 km) east of Aubusson

Aubusson, Creuse

Aubusson is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:...

, 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 Cher River

Cher River

The Cher is a river in central France, left tributary to the river Loire. Its source is in the Creuse département, north-east of Crocq. It joins the river Loire in Villandry, west of Tours....

. A TER railway service connects the commune with Montlucon, at the station in the hamlet of Léstrade.

Population

Sights

• The church, dating from the twelfth century.
• The remains of a twelfth-century castle at La Mothe.
• The remains of a chateau
  Château
  A château is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally—and still most frequently—in French-speaking regions...
  
   at Villebrune.
• The seventeenth-century chateau du Vieux-Voisin.
• Chapels at Villelume, La Mothe and La Vernède

International relations

Mérinchal is twinned with:
 Germany Öhningen

Öhningen

Öhningen is a town in the district of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.-World heritage site:It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site....

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

since 1984.

External links

• Mérinchal on the Quid website