Vatan (Indre)

Vatan
region	Center-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Issoudun
Canton	Levroux
Community association	Champagne Boischauts
Coordinates	47 ° 4 ' N , 1 ° 49' E Coordinates: 47 ° 4 ' N , 1 ° 49' E
height	118-201 m
surface	29.8 km 2
Residents	1,988 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	67 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	36150
INSEE code	36230
	; Main road

Vatan is a French commune with 1,988 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Region Center-Val de Loire , in the department of Indre . Vatan belongs to the Arrondissement of Issoudun and the Canton of Levroux .

Vatan is located about 30 kilometers west of Bourges on the Autoroute A20 ( L'Occitane ) and was the starting point of the 11th stage of the Tour de France 2009 .

The church in Vatan is named after Saint Laurian because he was beheaded in the community in the 5th century .

town hall

Rue St. Sulpice

Personalities

Jacques Servier (1922–2014), doctor, pharmacist and entrepreneur

Web links

Commons : Vatan - collection of images, videos and audio files

Vatan in the Base Mémoire des Ministère de la Culture (French)

Individual evidence

↑ Eglise Saint-Laurian (fr)

[1] Eglise Saint-Laurian (fr)