Meyrals

Meyrals
Commune
A general view of Meyrals
Coat of arms
Location of Meyrals
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Coordinates: 44°53′59″N 1°03′53″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Sarlat-la-Canéda
Canton	Vallée Dordogne
Intercommunality	Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Joël Le Corre
Area 1	18.16 km2 (7.01 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	693
• Density	38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	24268 /24220
Elevation	90–267 m (295–876 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

A stone house in Meyrals

Population

Historical population

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

Bibliography

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