Meyrals

Meyrals
Meyrals
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Sarlat-la-Canéda
Canton	Saint-Cyprien
Intercommunality	Vallée de la Dordogne
Mayor	Francis Dutard (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	90–267 m (300–876 ft) (avg. 150 m/490 ft)
Land area1	18.16 km2 (7.01 sq mi)
Population2	578  (2008)
- Density	32 /km2 (83 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	24268/ 24220
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 44°53′59″N 1°03′53″E / 44.8997222222°N 1.06472222222°E / 44.8997222222; 1.06472222222

Meyrals is a commune in the Dordogne department in the southwest of France.

Meyrals is in the Périgord and, specifically, the Périgord Noir (Black Périgord), in Aquitaine.

A stone house in Meyrals

Population

Historical populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	429	—
1968	434	+1.2%
1975	368	−15.2%
1982	385	+4.6%
1990	417	+8.3%
1999	468	+12.2%
2008	578	+23.5%

Cabanes (huts made with stones without mortar) in Meyrals

Personalities

• Christophe de Beaumont, (1703–1781), archbishop of Paris, was born in Meyrals.

Events

• Festival des épouvantails (Scarecrows) has been held every summer from 1999 to the present.
• The village of Meyrals was the setting for the film "Périgord noir" (1988), with Roland Giraud.

International relations

Meyral has one sister city:

• - Bieuzy, France

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne department

References

• INSEE

Bibliography

• Jacqueline Jouanel, Histoire de Meyrals, des origines à la Révolution, édition Récéad, 2007

External links

• Meyrals on the Quid site
• Location of Meyrals in the map of France