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