Meillant

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

Geography

An area of lakes and streams, forestry and farming comprising the village and several hamlets, situated some south of Bourges, at the junction of the D10, D92 and the D37 roads.

Sights

The church of St. Aubin, dating from the sixteenth century.
The thirteenth-century château de Meillant, once the home of the house of Amboise.
Several houses dating from the sixteenth century.
A seventeenth-century washhouse at the hamlet of Saint-Rhamble.
Traces of a 17th-century priory.
The sixteenth-century chapel at the chateau.
Some parts of the convent of Saint Catherine.
A museum at the chateau.