Ingrandes, Indre

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Chateau Chateau
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Location within Centre region Ingrandes
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Le Blanc
Canton	Le Blanc
Intercommunality	Brenne Val de Creuse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Serge Denys
Area1	11.12 km2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	334
• Density	30/km2 (78/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	36087 / 36300
Elevation	76–131 m (249–430 ft) (avg. 87 m or 285 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.

Ingrandes is a commune in the Indre department in central France. The village is the site of the Gallic city of Pictavorum during the era of the Roman Empire's domination of this part of Western Gaul (France).

Geography

The commune is located in the parc naturel régional de la Brenne.

The Salleron forms most of the commune's southeastern border, then flows into the Anglin. The village lies in the middle of the commune, on the right bank of the Anglin, which flows northwest through the commune.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	384	—
1800	376	−2.1%
1806	302	−19.7%
1821	352	+16.6%
1831	400	+13.6%
1836	416	+4.0%
1841	408	−1.9%
1846	446	+9.3%
1851	500	+12.1%
1856	505	+1.0%
1861	524	+3.8%
1866	539	+2.9%
1872	544	+0.9%
1876	525	−3.5%
1881	561	+6.9%
1886	782	+39.4%
1891	529	−32.4%
1896	506	−4.3%
1901	504	−0.4%
1906	503	−0.2%
1911	515	+2.4%
1921	468	−9.1%
1926	428	−8.5%
1931	439	+2.6%
1936	428	−2.5%
1946	426	−0.5%
1954	395	−7.3%
1962	380	−3.8%
1968	390	+2.6%
1975	300	−23.1%
1982	300	+0.0%
1990	310	+3.3%
1999	318	+2.6%
2009	334	+5.0%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

• INSEE