Mhère is a commune

Communes of France

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 in the Nièvre

Nièvre

Nièvre is a department in the centre of France named after the Nièvre River.-History:Nièvre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...

 department in central France

France

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According to the Institut Géographique National, between 1 January 2007 and 1 January 2008, Mhère was the geographic centre of the Eurozone

Eurozone

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, after its enlargement to Slovenia

Slovenia

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. With the admission of Cyprus

Cyprus

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 and Malta

Malta

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, this centre was moved to Ouroux-en-Morvan

Ouroux-en-Morvan

Ouroux-en-Morvan is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. Since 1 January 2008 Ouroux is officially the centre of the Eurozone.-References:* -External links:*...

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Demographics

At the 1999 census

Census

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, the population was 279. On 1 January 2004, the estimate was 291.