Chabris

Chabris
Chabris
Administration
Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Issoudun
Canton	Saint-Christophe-en-Bazelle
Intercommunality	Pays de Bazelle
Mayor	Serge Pinault (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	72–134 m (236–440 ft) (avg. 80 m/260 ft)
Land area1	41.22 km2 (15.92 sq mi)
Population2	2,652  (1999)
- Density	64 /km2 (170 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	36034/ 36210
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 47°15′20″N 1°39′15″E / 47.2555555556°N 1.65416666667°E / 47.2555555556; 1.65416666667

Chabris is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Located at an important river crossing-place on the road from Valençay to Romorantin with a bridge since Roman times, Chabris was once the site of the ancient Bishop of Bourges's feudal fortress. Its church was built over the tomb of the 6th century hermit Saint Phalier.

Famous people

• Luc Montagnier is born in Chabris on 18 August 1932, French virologist and co-recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of HIV.

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

• INSEE commune file