Meyrals

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 / 44.8997°N 1.0647°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 (2022)	710
• Density	39/km2 (100/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.
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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.

Population

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.

Meyral has one sister city:

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.

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

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