National Shooting Centre (France)

The 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XVIII was the 18th IPSC Handgun World Shoot held at the new National Shooting Centre in Châteauroux, France during the end of August and start of September. There were 30 stages divided into 5 areas, with each area being named after and having themes from one of the 5 continents Africa, Asia, America, Australia or Europe. The Production division saw the hardest competition of the match with the largest match participation and the winner Ben Stoeger from USA finishing under half a point in front of Russian shooter Pavel Torgashov, pushing him down into second place with the very close final score of 99.98 %. Production division arguably had the toughest top ten competition, with a margin of only 3.8 % between first and ninth place. Maria Gushchina from Russia made an impressive performance placing both first in Lady Production and sixth in Production Overall.

Bitray, some 3 km to the east of Déols in France, was the site of a First World War civilian internment camp. It had around 500 occupants, consisting of nationals of countries then at war with France. Journalist Georges Batault of the Gazette de Lausanne visited it on 23 April 1915, and reported the presence of 287 men, 193 women, and 180 children. Of those, 323 were Germans and 337 were Austro-Hungarians. In 1917 it was converted to an American Army hospital.

Châteauroux Métropole is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Châteauroux. It is located in the Indre department, in the Centre-Val de Loire region, central France. Created in 2000, its seat is in Châteauroux. Its area is 537.9 km2. Its population was 72,767 in 2019, of which 43,122 in Châteauroux proper.

Stade Gaston-Petit is a multi-use stadium in Châteauroux, France. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of La Berrichonne de Châteauroux. The stadium is able to hold 17,173 people. Gaston Petit is a former mayor of Châteauroux.

Étrechet (French pronunciation: [etʁəʃɛ]) is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Montierchaume (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tjɛʁʃom] ) is a commune in the Indre department, central France.

The canton of Châteauroux-2 is an administrative division of the Indre department, central France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Châteauroux. It consists of the following communes: Châteauroux (partly)

Déols (French pronunciation: [deɔl] ) is a commune in the department of Indre, region of Centre-Val de Loire, central France. Déols is an ancient town with a famous Benedictine abbey, Abbaye Notre-Dame-du-Bourg-Dieu. Today it is somewhat overshadowed by the nearby city of Châteauroux, which faces it across the river Indre. It preserves a fine Romanesque tower and other remains of the abbey church, once the most important in the duchy of Berry.

Diors (French pronunciation: [djɔʁ] ) is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Châteauroux-Centre "Marcel Dassault" Airport (French: Aéroport de Châteauroux-Centre "Marcel Dassault", IATA: CHR, ICAO: LFLX), formerly known as Châteauroux-Déols "Marcel Dassault" Airport, is an airport serving the French city of Châteauroux. The airport is located 5.5 km (3.0 NM) north-northeast of Châteauroux in Déols, a commune of the Indre department in the Centre-Val de Loire region in France. The airport is named after Marcel Dassault and is located on the site of the former Châteauroux-Déols Air Base. It is dedicated to air freight, aeronautical maintenance, pilot training and training of airport firefighters.

The canton of Châteauroux-1 is an administrative division of the Indre department, central France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Châteauroux. It consists of the following communes: Châteauroux (partly) Déols

Châteauroux station (French: Gare de Châteauroux) is a railway station serving the commune of Châteauroux in the Indre department of central France. It is situated on the Orléans–Montauban railway, between the communes Vierzon and Limoges.