Mézières-en-Brenne

Mézières-en-Brenne
Mézières-en-Brenne
Commune
	The town hall in Mézières-en-Brenne
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Mézières-en-Brenne
	Mézières-en-Brenne Mézières-en-Brenne
	Coordinates: 46°49′18″N 1°12′41″E / 46.8217°N 1.2114°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Le Blanc
Canton	Le Blanc
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Louis Camus
Area 1	57.57 km2 (22.23 sq mi)
Population (2022)	956
• Density	17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	36123 /36290
Elevation	84–138 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]}