Arthon

Arthon
The town hall in Arthon
Arthon
Location within Centre region Arthon
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Châteauroux
Canton	Ardentes
Intercommunality	Châteauroux
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacky Devolf
Area1	46.8 km2 (18.1 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	1,171
• Density	25/km2 (65/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	36009 / 36330
Elevation	132–184 m (433–604 ft) (avg. 145 m or 476 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Arthon is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Geography

The commune is traversed by the river Bouzanne.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	661	—
1800	603	−8.8%
1806	590	−2.2%
1821	747	+26.6%
1831	824	+10.3%
1836	907	+10.1%
1841	820	−9.6%
1846	897	+9.4%
1851	843	−6.0%
1856	862	+2.3%
1861	838	−2.8%
1866	883	+5.4%
1872	925	+4.8%
1876	1,002	+8.3%
1881	1,015	+1.3%
1886	1,068	+5.2%
1891	1,113	+4.2%
1896	1,150	+3.3%
1901	1,103	−4.1%
1906	1,115	+1.1%
1911	1,111	−0.4%
1921	938	−15.6%
1926	875	−6.7%
1931	785	−10.3%
1936	750	−4.5%
1946	753	+0.4%
1954	702	−6.8%
1962	634	−9.7%
1968	532	−16.1%
1975	558	+4.9%
1982	751	+34.6%
1990	902	+20.1%
1999	995	+10.3%
2009	1,171	+17.7%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

• INSEE