Indre department

Indre
region	Center-Val de Loire
prefecture	Chateauroux
Sub-prefecture (s)	Le Blanc La Châtre Issoudun
Residents	222,232 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	33 inhabitants per km²
surface	6,790.63 km²
Arrondissements	4th
Community associations	15th
Cantons	13
Communities	241
President of the Department Council	Serge Descout ( LR )
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-36
Location of the department of Indre in the Region Center-Val de Loire

The Indre [ ɛːdʀ ] is the French department with the atomic number 36. It is in the center of the country in the Region Center-Val de Loire and was named after the river Indre named. Its capital is Châteauroux .

geography

The Indre is bordered to the north by the Loir-et-Cher , on the east by the department of Cher , on the south by the departments of Creuse and Haute-Vienne and on the west by the departments of Vienne and Indre-et-Loire .

The eponymous Indre crosses the department from southeast to northwest and also flows through the centrally located main town of Châteauroux. In the north, the department borders for a short distance on the Cher , which also forms the border with the Loir-et-Cher department. In the west of the department lies the Brenne Regional Nature Park , whose cultural landscape is characterized by a large number of ponds and lakes that have been created since the Middle Ages. The largest river in the southwest is the Creuse .

history

The department was formed on March 4, 1790 from the western part of the province of Berry , the southeast of the Touraine and the north of the Marche .

It has belonged to the Center region since 1960 , which was renamed Center-Val de Loire in 2016 .

Cities

The most populous municipalities in the Indre department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Chateauroux	43,741	Chateauroux
Issoudun	11,905	Issoudun
Déols	7,513	Chateauroux
Le Blanc	6,389	Le Blanc
Le Poinconnet	5,851	Chateauroux
Argenton-sur-Creuse	4,927	Chateauroux

Administrative division

The Indre department is divided into 4 arrondissements , 13 cantons and 243 communes :

Communes and arrondissements in the Indre department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Chateauroux	9	84	128,450	2,621.87	49	362
Issoudun	5	49	34,107	1,182.31	29	364
La Châtre	2	51	28,250	1,204.16	23	363
Le Blanc	2	57	31,425	1,782.29	18th	361
Indre department	13	241	222,232	6,790.63	33	36

See also:

• List of communes in the Indre department
• List of cantons in the Indre department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Indre department

climate

Climate data	J	F.	M.	A.	M.	J	J	A.	S.	O	N	D.
mean maximum temperature in ° C	8th	9	13	15th	20th	23	26th	26th	21st	16	9	9
mean minimum temperature in ° C	2	2	3	5	9	11	14th	14th	10	8th	4th	3
Duration of sunshine per day in hours	2	3	5	6th	7th	8th	8th	7th	6th	4th	2	1

Web links

Commons : Département Indre  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Department of Indre (French)
• Prefecture of the Indre department (French)

Individual evidence

Coordinates: 46 ° 48 '  N , 1 ° 41'  E