Mézières-en-Brenne

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2020–2026) Jean-Louis Camus^[1]Area57.57 km² (22.23 sq mi)Population970 • Density17/km² (44/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation84–138 m (276–453 ft)
(avg. 90 m or 300 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mézières-en-Brenne (French pronunciation: [mezjɛːʁ ɑ̃ bʁɛn] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Natural park

It is located is at the heart of the Brenne regional natural park. The Brenne is one of France's most important wetlands. A large diversity of natural habitats is responsible for an abundance of wildlife of which the best known are the birds: purple heron, black-necked grebe, bittern, marsh harrier, whiskered tern, short-toed eagle. The Brenne is also Europe's most important site for the European pond tortoise.^{[citation needed]}

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,232	—
1975	1,168	−0.76%
1982	1,186	+0.22%
1990	1,194	+0.08%
1999	1,160	−0.32%
2009	1,076	−0.75%
2014	1,062	−0.26%
2020	985	−1.25%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

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