Indre | |||
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— Department — | |||
Prefecture building of the Indre department, in Châteauroux | |||
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Location of Indre in France | |||
Coordinates: Coordinates: | |||
Country | France | ||
Region | Centre | ||
Prefecture | Châteauroux | ||
Subprefectures | Le Blanc La Châtre Issoudun |
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Government | |||
• President of the General Council | Louis Pinton | ||
Area1 | |||
• Total | 6,791 km2 (2,622 sq mi) | ||
Population (1999) | |||
• Total | 231,139 | ||
• Rank | 81st | ||
• Density | 34/km2 (88/sq mi) | ||
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
Department number | 36 | ||
Arrondissements | 4 | ||
Cantons | 26 | ||
Communes | 247 | ||
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
Indre (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃dʁ]) is a department in the centre of France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are called Indriens.
History[]
Indre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 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, Vienne, and Haute-Vienne.
Politics[]
The President of the General Council is Louis Pinton of the Union for a Popular Movement.
Party | seats | |
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• | 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.
See also[]
- Cantons of the Indre department
- Communes of the Indre department
- Arrondissements of the Indre department
- France
External links[]
- Media related to Indre (department) at Wikimedia Commons
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) General Council website
- (English) Indre at the Open Directory Project
- (French) http://www.indrenature.net/