{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Meillant |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Château de Meillant (1503).jpg |caption = Chateau |image coat of arms = Blason de Meillant.svg |arrondissement = Saint-Amand-Montrond |canton = Saint-Amand-Montrond |INSEE = 18142 |postal code = 18200 |mayor = Marie-Claude Julien<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes du Cœur de France|CC Cœur de France]] |coordinates = {{coord|46.7817|2.5056|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 184 |elevation min m = 152 |elevation max m = 288 |area km2 = 40.6 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}

'''Meillant''' ({{IPA|fr|mɛjɑ̃}}) 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]].<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/18142-meillant Commune de Meillant (18142)], INSEE</ref>

==Geography== An area of lakes and streams, [[forestry]] and [[farming]] comprising the village and several hamlets, situated some {{convert|22|mi|km}} south of [[Bourges]], at the junction of the D10, D92 and the D37 roads.

==Population== {{Historical populations |align=left| 1962|745| 1968|772| 1975|658| 1982|684| 1990|749| 1999|792| 2008|781 }} {{clear left}}

==Sights== * The church of St. Aubin, dating from the sixteenth century. * The thirteenth-century [[château de Meillant]], once the home of the [[house of Amboise]]. * Several houses dating from the sixteenth century. * A seventeenth-century [[lavoir|washhouse]] at the hamlet of Saint-Rhamble. * Traces of a 17th-century [[priory]]. * The sixteenth-century chapel at the chateau. * Some parts of the [[convent]] of Saint Catherine. * A [[museum]] at the chateau.

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

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[[Category:Communes of Cher (department)]]