Meyrals

Meyrals
Meyrals

Coordinates: 44°53′59″N 1°03′53″E / 44.8997°N 1.0647°E / 44.8997; 1.0647Coordinates: 44°53′59″N 1°03′53″E / 44.8997°N 1.0647°E / 44.8997; 1.0647
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Sarlat-la-Canéda
Canton Saint-Cyprien
Intercommunality Vallée de la Dordogne
Government
  Mayor (2008-2014) Francis Dutard
Area1 18.16 km2 (7.01 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 578
  Density 32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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 population
YearPop.±%
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

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International relations

Meyral has one sister city:

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