Menars

Menars (French pronunciation: [menaʁ]), also spelled Ménars, is a commune and town in the French department of Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France.^[3] The Château de Menars, formerly owned by Madame de Pompadour is located here.

Menars
Commune
Château of Menars
Coat of arms
Location of Menars
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Coordinates: 47°38′36″N 1°24′34″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Blois
Canton	Blois-2
Intercommunality	CA Blois Agglopolys
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Serge Touzelet[1]
Area 1	4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	620
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	41134 /41500
Elevation	67–111 m (220–364 ft) (avg. 98 m or 322 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	431	—
1975	474	+1.37%
1982	550	+2.15%
1990	551	+0.02%
1999	574	+0.46%
2007	606	+0.68%
2012	612	+0.20%
2017	626	+0.45%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department
• Château de Menars