Indre

Indre
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Coat of arms of the Indre department
Location
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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.

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.

Tourism

• Saint-Benoît-du-Sault
• Gargilesse-Dampierre

See also

• Cantons of the Indre department
• Communes of the Indre department
• Arrondissements of the Indre department

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