Mehun-sur-Yèvre

Mehun-sur-Yèvre is a commune in the Cher department in central France.

Mehun-sur-Yèvre
Commune
The castle ruins, Chateaux-musée Charles VII
Coat of arms
Location of Mehun-sur-Yèvre
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Coordinates: 47°09′00″N 2°13′00″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Vierzon
Canton	Mehun-sur-Yèvre
Intercommunality	CA Bourges Plus
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	François Pillet
Area ^1	24.45 km^2 (9.44 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	6,562
• Density	270/km^2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18141 /18500
Elevation	107–137 m (351–449 ft) (avg. 122 m or 400 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,669	—
1800	2,187	+31.0%
1806	2,499	+14.3%
1821	2,949	+18.0%
1831	3,310	+12.2%
1836	3,557	+7.5%
1841	3,333	−6.3%
1846	4,097	+22.9%
1851	4,260	+4.0%
1856	4,803	+12.7%
1861	5,471	+13.9%
1866	6,176	+12.9%
1872	6,501	+5.3%
1876	6,326	−2.7%
1881	6,350	+0.4%
1886	6,591	+3.8%
1891	6,572	−0.3%
1896	6,334	−3.6%
1901	6,345	+0.2%
1906	6,397	+0.8%
1911	6,177	−3.4%
1921	5,382	−12.9%
1926	5,337	−0.8%
1931	5,112	−4.2%
1936	5,049	−1.2%
1946	5,290	+4.8%
1954	5,390	+1.9%
1962	5,700	+5.8%
1968	5,893	+3.4%
1975	6,902	+17.1%
1982	7,178	+4.0%
1990	7,227	+0.7%
1999	7,212	−0.2%
2008	6,825	−5.4%

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.