Indre | |
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![]() Prefecture building of the Indre department, in Châteauroux | |
![]() Location of Indre in France | |
Coordinates: 46°46′N 1°36′E / 46.767°N 1.600°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
Prefecture | Châteauroux |
Subprefectures | Le Blanc La Châtre Issoudun |
Government | |
• President of the Departmental Council | Marc Fleuret[1] (UDI) |
Area | |
• Total | 6,791 km2 (2,622 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 217,228 |
• Rank | 88th |
• Density | 32/km2 (83/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Department number | 36 |
Arrondissements | 4 |
Cantons | 13 |
Communes | 241 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
Indre (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃dʁ] ); is a department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the Indriens (masculine; pronounced [ɛ̃dʁijɛ̃]) and Indriennes (feminine; [ɛ̃dʁijɛn]). Indre is part of the current administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire. The region is bordered by the departments of Indre-et-Loire to the west, Loir-et-Cher to the north, Cher to the east, Creuse and Haute-Vienne to the south, and Vienne to the southwest. The préfecture (capital) is Châteauroux and there are three subpréfectures at Le Blanc, La Châtre and Issoudun. It had a population of 219,316 in 2019.[3] It also contains the geographic centre of Metropolitan France.