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This article is about the French department. For other uses, see Indre (disambiguation).
Indre — Department —
Coat of armsLocation of Indre in France Coordinates: 46°46′N 01°36′E / 46.767°N 1.6°ECoordinates: 46°46′N 01°36′E / 46.767°N 1.6°E Country France Region Centre Prefecture Châteauroux Subprefectures Le Blanc
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IssoudunGovernment – 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 (88.2/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 is a department in the center of France named after the river Indre. 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, Vienne, and Haute-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.
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/
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