Menetou-Couture is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Menetou-Couture
Commune
The abbey church of Fontmorigny, in Menetou-Couture
Coat of arms
Location of Menetou-Couture
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Coordinates: 47°02′46″N 2°54′55″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Ratillon[1]
Area 1	28.93 km2 (11.17 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	379
• Density	13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18143 /18320
Elevation	176–212 m (577–696 ft) (avg. 205 m or 673 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

An area of lakes and streams, forestry and farming comprising the village and several hamlets, situated by the banks of the small river Liseron, some 22 miles (35 km) east of Bourges, at the junction of the D12 with the D189 and the D48 roads.

Population

Sights

Historic sites

• The church of St. Caprais, dating from the twelfth century
• The fifteenth-century chateau of Menetou-Couture.
• The ruins of the 12th-century abbey of Notre-Dame at Fontmorigny.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

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