Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre
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region | Center-Val de Loire | |
Department | Indre | |
Arrondissement | La Châtre | |
Canton | La Châtre | |
Community association | Châtre et Sainte Sévère | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 29 ′ N , 2 ° 4 ′ E | |
height | 222–342 m | |
surface | 26.03 km 2 | |
Residents | 776 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 30 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 36160 | |
INSEE code | 36208 | |
Website | http://www.sainte-severe-sur-indre.fr/ | |
![]() Town hall (Mairie) of Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre |
Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre is a French municipality with 776 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Indre in the Region Center-Val de Loire . It belongs to the arrondissement of La Châtre , the canton of La Châtre (until 2015: canton of Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre ) and the communal association Communauté de communes de la Châtre et Sainte Sévère . The inhabitants are called Sévérois .
location
Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre is located about 46 kilometers southeast of Châteauroux on the Indre . Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre is surrounded by the neighboring communities of La Motte-Feuilly in the north and northeast, Feusines in the east, Pérassay in the southeast, Vigoulant in the south, Sazeray in the south and southwest, Pouligny-Notre-Dame in the west and southwest, Pouligny -Saint-Martin to the west and northwest and Briantes to the northwest.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 1,061 | 1,032 | 1,034 | 1,039 | 939 | 899 | 874 | 830 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Sainte-Sévère church
- Donjon from the 13th century
- Castle from 1770
- Gate and fortifications
- Market hall
Culture
In 1947 Jacques Tati shot the film Tatis Schützenfest here .