Indre
Coat of arms of the Indre department
Location
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. The term administration, as used in the context of Government, differs according to Jurisdiction. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Centre is one of the 26 regions of France, located towards the northwest of the actual centre of the country A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' Châteauroux is the capital of the Indre department in central France and the second-largest town in Berry, after Bourges. Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Le Blanc is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Indre department in central France. La Châtre is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Issoudun is a commune in the Indre department in central France. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The 4 arrondissements of the Indre department are Arrondissement of Le Blanc, ( subprefecture: Le Blanc) with The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The following is a list of the 26 cantons of the Indre department, in France, sorted by arrondissement: Arrondissement The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The following is a list of the 247 communes of the Indre département, in France. In France, the President of the General Council (French Président du conseil général) is the locally-elected head of the General Council, the assembly As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here areas between 1000 km2 and 10000 km2 An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open

Indre is a department in the center of France named after the Indre River. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Indre is a River in central France, left tributary to the river Loire. 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. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year It was created from part of the former province of Berry. Berry is a region located in the center of France It was a province of France until the provinces were replaced by départements ' on March 4,

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. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Centre is one of the 26 regions of France, located towards the northwest of the actual centre of the country Indre-et-Loire is a department in west-central France named after the Indre and the Loire rivers Loir-et-Cher is a department in north-central France named after the rivers Loir and Cher. Cher ( Occitan: Char) is an administrative department located in the centre of France. Creuse ( Occitan: Cruesa) is a department in central France named after the Creuse River. This article is about the French department Do not confuse with the Austrian capital Vienna.

Tourism

The Indre has two villages classified among the most beautiful villages of France: Saint-Benoît-du-Sault and Gargilesse-Dampierre. Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France" is an independent association created in 1982, which aims to promote assets Saint-Benoît-du-Sault is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Gargilesse-Dampierre is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

See also

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

External links

• (French) Prefecture website
• (French) General Council website
• (English) Indre at the Open Directory Project

• (French) http://www.indrenature.net/