{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{other uses}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Méreau |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Chateau d'Autry.JPG |caption = The Chateau of Autry |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Mereau (Cher).svg |arrondissement = Vierzon |canton = Mehun-sur-Yèvre |INSEE = 18148 |postal code = 18120 |mayor = Alain Mornay<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes Cœur de Berry|CC Cœur de Berry]] |coordinates = {{coord|47.1639|2.0517|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 114 |elevation min m = 95 |elevation max m = 136 |area km2 = 18.65 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}

'''Méreau''' ({{IPA|fr|meʁo}}) is a [[communes of France|commune]] in the [[Cher (department)|Cher]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Centre-Val de Loire]] [[Regions of France|region]] of [[France]].

==Geography== An area of [[farming]] and [[forestry]], comprising the main village and five other villages and hamlets, situated by the banks of the river [[Arnon (river)|Arnon]] immediately south of [[Vierzon]], at the junction of the D320, D18e and the D918 roads. Junction 7 of the [[A20 autoroute|A20]] is within the commune’s borders.

==Population== {{Historical populations |source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-18148#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref> |percentages = pagr |align = none |1968 |979 |1975 |1352 |1982 |1756 |1990 |2020 |1999 |2074 |2007 |2216 |2012 |2491 |2017 |2610 |2023 |2632 }}

==Sights== * The church of St. Martin, dating from the nineteenth century. * The fifteenth-century chateau of Chevilly, with a [[dovecote]] and seventeenth century mill. * The sixteenth-century chateau of Autry.

==See also== *[[Communes of the Cher department]]

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