{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Menetou-Râtel |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |arrondissement = Bourges |canton = Sancerre |INSEE = 18144 |postal code = 18300 |mayor = Corine Lelievre<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 = 2022&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire|CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire]] |coordinates = {{coord|47.3519|2.7567|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 311 |elevation min m = 242 |elevation max m = 377 |area km2 = 28.01 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}

'''Menetou-Râtel''' ({{IPA|fr|mɛntu ʁatɛl|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Bastenbas (Bastenbas (Lingua))-Menetou-Râtel.wav}}) 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== A [[winegrowing]] and [[farming]] area comprising the village and several hamlets situated some {{convert|26|mi|km}} northeast of [[Bourges]], at the junction of the D85, D86 and the D923 roads. The commune is one of only a few that can grow grapes for [[Sancerre AOC]] wine.

==Population== {{Historical populations |align=left| 1962|547| 1968|594| 1975|526| 1982|506| 1990|483| 1999|480| 2008|488 }} {{clear left}}

==Sights== * The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century. * The fourteenth-century [[priory]] of Notre-Dame. * The chateau of Couet built in 1875. * A [[watermill]].

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

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