Meyrals

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

(2020–2026) Joël Le Corre^[1]Area18.16 km² (7.01 sq mi)Population693 • Density38/km² (99/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation90–267 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.

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%

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

References

Bibliography

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