Indre

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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. It also contains the geographic centre of Metropolitan France.

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36250 Châteauroux (Saint-Maur)
Centre-Val de Loire, France
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Saint-Maur, Indre

Saint-Maur (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɔʁ] ) is a commune in the Indre department in central France. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Villers-les-Ormes was merged into Saint-Maur.

Battle of Beaugency (1429)

The Battle of Beaugency took place on 16 and 17 June 1429. It was one of Joan of Arc's battles. Shortly after relieving the siege at Orléans, French forces recaptured the neighboring district along the Loire river.

Canton of Châteauroux-3

The canton of Châteauroux-3 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)

Arrondissement of Châteauroux

The arrondissement of Châteauroux (French: arrondissement de Châteauroux [aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃ d(ə) ʃɑtoʁu]) is a district (arrondissement) of France in the Indre department in the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire. It has 84 communes. Its population is 126,377 (2021), and its area is 2,621.9 km2 (1,012.3 sq mi).

Châteauroux

Châteauroux ( SHAT-oh-ROO; French pronunciation: [ʃɑtoʁu] ; Occitan: Chasteurós) is the capital city of the French department of Indre, central France and the second-largest town in the province of Berry, after Bourges. Its residents are called Castelroussins (pronounced [kastɛlʁusɛ̃]) in French.

Châteauroux station

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.

Canton of Châteauroux-1

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

Canton of Châteauroux-2

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)

Le Poinçonnet

Le Poinçonnet (French pronunciation: [lə pwɛ̃sɔnɛ] ) is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Déols

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.