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Indre

 
 
Indre (ăN'drə), department (1990 pop. 237,300), central France, in parts of Berry, Orléanais, Marche, Touraine, and Poitou. Châteauroux is the capital.


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Indre
Coat of Arms of Indre
Location
Location of Indre in France
Administration
Department number: 36
Region: Centre
Prefecture: Châteauroux
Subprefectures: Le Blanc
La Châtre
Issoudun
Arrondissements: 4
Cantons: 26
Communes: 247
President of the General Council: Louis Pinton
Statistics
Population Ranked 81st
 -1999 231,139
Population density: 34/km2
Land area¹: 6791 km2
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

Indre is a department in the center of France named after the Indre River. The inhabitants of the department are called Indriens.

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History

Indre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Berry.

Geography

Indre is part of the current region of Centre (Val de Loire) and is surrounded by the departments of Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, Cher, Creuse, and Vienne.

Politics

The President of the General Council is Louis Pinton of the Union for a Popular Movement.

Party seats
Miscellaneous Right 9
Union for a Popular Movement 8
Socialist Party 7
New Centre 2

Tourism

The Indre has two villages classified among the most beautiful villages of France: Saint-Benoît-du-Sault and Gargilesse-Dampierre.

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Coordinates: 46°46′N 01°36′E / 46.767°N 1.6°E / 46.767; 1.6


 
 
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