Indre
Coat of Arms of Indre
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.

Indre is a department in the center of France named after the Indre River. The inhabitants of the department are called Indriens.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Politics

The President of the General Council is Louis Pinton of the Union for a Popular Movement.

[edit] Tourism

The Indre has two villages classified among the most beautiful villages of France: Saint-Benoît-du-Sault and Gargilesse-Dampierre.

[edit] See also

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

[edit] 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/

Coordinates: 46°46′N 01°36′E / 46.767°N 1.6°E / 46.767; 1.6