Menetou-Râtel (French pronunciation: [mɛntu ʁatɛl] ) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

A winegrowing and farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D85, D86 and the D923 roads. The commune is one of only a few that can grow grapes for Sancerre AOC wine.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	547	—
1968	594	+8.6%
1975	526	−11.4%
1982	506	−3.8%
1990	483	−4.5%
1999	480	−0.6%
2008	488	+1.7%

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
• The fourteenth-century priory of Notre-Dame.
• The chateau of Couet built in 1875.
• A watermill.

• Communes of the Cher department