Meyrals Explained

Meyrals
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Meyrals (Dordogne).svg
Arrondissement:	Sarlat-la-Canéda
Canton:	Vallée Dordogne
Insee:	24268
Postal Code:	24220
Mayor:	Joël Le Corre^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède
Coordinates:	44.8997°N 1.0647°W
Elevation M:	150
Elevation Min M:	90
Elevation Max M:	267
Area Km2:	18.16

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

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

Bibliography

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

Notes and References

Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.