{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Menetou-Salon |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Vue générale de Menetou-Salon depuis la route de Quantilly.jpg |caption = A general view of Menetou-Salon |image coat of arms = |arrondissement = Bourges |canton = Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny |INSEE = 18145 |postal code = 18510 |mayor = Pierre Fouchet<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 = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes Terres du Haut Berry|CC Terres du Haut Berry]] |coordinates = {{coord|47.2328|2.4872|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 210 |elevation min m = 174 |elevation max m = 312 |area km2 = 37.66 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}
'''Menetou-Salon''' ({{IPA|fr|mɛntu salɔ̃}}) 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]]. Inhabitants of the area are known as ''Monestrosaloniens''.
==Geography== The commune is located {{convert|16|km|0}} north of [[Bourges]] on the RD11. Directions: the RD940 Bourges / Montargis / Paris Autoroute A71 Paris / Clermont-Ferrand, take the Bourges exit. S.N.C.F Bourges train station
==History== In 1190, Hugues de Vèrre, Lord of Menetou-Salon also yielded the land.
==Administration== {| class="wikitable" |+ Table of successive mayors |- ! Period in office ! Name ! Party ! Occupation |- | March 2008 | Pierre Fouchet | | |- | March 2001 March 2008 | Bernard Remangeon | | |}
== Wine == Menetou-Salon is the name of an ''[[Appellation d'origine contrôlée]]'' for wine (AOC), with vineyards extending over {{convert|330|ha}} over the hill. This appellation covers an area of 10 communes, one of which is Menetou-Salon itself. Wines grown here are white made entirely from [[Sauvignon Blanc]], red and rose made from [[Pinot Noir]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Menetou-Salon AOC {{!}} Château Monty |url=https://chateaumonty.com/menetou-salon-aoc/ |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=chateaumonty.com}}</ref> The well-known [[Sancerre AOC]] is its immediate north-eastern neighbor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Menetou-Salon, Loire - France Wine Region |url=https://www.wine-searcher.com/regions-menetou-salon |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=Wine-Searcher |language=en-US}}</ref> Menetou-Salon is an ancient wine-producing area if old writings and documents about the seigniory and lordship of Menetou are to be believed. Documents from the years 1063, 1097 at 1100 have been recovered, where the Lord of Menetou gave a donation to different religious orders in the region, most particularly to the Saint-Sulpice-lès-Bourges Abbey, with vines located close to Davet. In 1190, Hugues de Vèvre, Lord of Menetou-Salon, also yielded the grounds and vines at the Loroy Abbey. Finally, the old writings relating to the wine of the Menetou-Salon vineyard, which is one of the most beautiful adornments of the stately table of silversmith Jacques Coeur, acquired by the seigniory of Menetou in 1450. They even say that [[Agnès Sorel]], when she came to rest under the old limetree which is still standing near the chateau to this day, particularly appreciated the wine of « Clos de la Dame ».
Sauvignon Blanc
==Château de Menetou-Salon== The {{ill|Château de Menetou-Salon|fr}} was extended in the 1880s by [[Ernest Sanson]] for [[Auguste Louis Albéric d'Arenberg|Prince Auguste d'Arenberg]], 2nd Duke of Arenberg. The chateau, a masterpiece of [[neo-gothic architecture]], provides extra income as an historical monument, having belonged to [[Jacques Coeur]] in 1448, of which the [[Palais Jacques Coeur]] inspired its expansion. It gives its visitors the chance to admire its historical interior, which has been beautifully conserved as a stately residence of the 20th century. There, you can also find ceremonial saddlery, a neo-gothic labyrinth garden, as well as horse-drawn carriages and automobiles used by the princes of Arenberg until the Second World War, when a prince used one of the vehicles to travel from Paris to Moscow twice, once in 1911 and then in 1968, and again in 1994, when the [[Channel Tunnel]] was opened.
The current chateau is an example of five centuries worth of construction dating from the 14th century until 1888, when major modifications turned it into a grandiose residence inhabited by the actual proprietor, Prince Pierre d'Arenberg (b. 1961), who became the 4th Duke of Arenberg in 1967. Completely furnished, the Menetou chateau has some beautiful features, such as a library with 12,000 books, a hall decorated like a chapter house from an abbey, one of Jacques Coeur's travel chests, and cloths from a Flemish school. The place serves as a reminder of the great nobleman, Prince Auguste d'Arenberg, who began the major renovations of the château in the 19th century.
The chateau in Menetou-Salon is a stop on the Route Jacques-Coeur, a tour of various French historic sites. The chateau still belongs to the Arenberg family.
==See also== *[[Communes of the Cher department]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{official|https://www.menetou-salon.fr/index.php/en/}} * [https://chateau-menetou-salon.com/ Château de Menetou-Salon] {{in lang|fr}}
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