Mehun-sur-Yèvre

Mehun-sur-Yèvre
Commune
The castle ruins, Chateaux-musée Charles VII
Coat of arms
Location of Mehun-sur-Yèvre
Mehun-sur-Yèvre Mehun-sur-Yèvre
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 (2020–2026)	Jean-Louis Salak
Area 1	24.45 km2 (9.44 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	6,448
• Density	260/km2 (680/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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mehun-sur-Yèvre (French pronunciation: [mə.œ̃ syʁ jɛvʁ], literally Mehun on Yèvre) is a commune in the Cher department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,669 —     1800 2,187 +3.94% 1806 2,499 +2.25% 1821 2,949 +1.11% 1831 3,310 +1.16% 1836 3,557 +1.45% 1841 3,333 −1.29% 1846 4,097 +4.21% 1851 4,260 +0.78% 1856 4,803 +2.43% 1861 5,471 +2.64% 1866 6,176 +2.45% 1872 6,501 +0.86% 1876 6,326 −0.68% 1881 6,350 +0.08% 1886 6,591 +0.75% 1891 6,572 −0.06% 1896 6,334 −0.74%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 6,345 +0.03% 1906 6,397 +0.16% 1911 6,177 −0.70% 1921 5,382 −1.37% 1926 5,337 −0.17% 1931 5,112 −0.86% 1936 5,049 −0.25% 1946 5,290 +0.47% 1954 5,397 +0.25% 1962 5,700 +0.69% 1968 5,893 +0.56% 1975 6,902 +2.28% 1982 7,178 +0.56% 1990 7,227 +0.09% 1999 7,212 −0.02% 2007 6,889 −0.57% 2012 6,828 −0.18% 2017 6,562 −0.79%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Cher department