Préaux, Indre

Préaux
The town hall in Préaux
Préaux
Location within Centre region Préaux
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Châteauroux
Canton	Écueillé
Intercommunality	Pays d'Écueillé
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Christian Simon
Area1	32.54 km2 (12.56 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	163
• Density	5.0/km2 (13/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	36166 / 36240
Elevation	124–194 m (407–636 ft) (avg. 146 m or 479 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.

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

Geography

The village lies on the left bank of the Indrois, which flows northwest through the southern part of the commune and forms part of its western border.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	442	—
1800	453	+2.5%
1806	477	+5.3%
1821	496	+4.0%
1831	497	+0.2%
1836	511	+2.8%
1841	475	−7.0%
1846	510	+7.4%
1851	538	+5.5%
1856	581	+8.0%
1861	596	+2.6%
1866	600	+0.7%
1872	648	+8.0%
1876	705	+8.8%
1881	649	−7.9%
1886	646	−0.5%
1891	712	+10.2%
1896	706	−0.8%
1901	690	−2.3%
1906	660	−4.3%
1911	689	+4.4%
1921	627	−9.0%
1926	602	−4.0%
1931	573	−4.8%
1936	578	+0.9%
1946	521	−9.9%
1954	501	−3.8%
1962	427	−14.8%
1968	378	−11.5%
1975	332	−12.2%
1982	249	−25.0%
1990	227	−8.8%
1999	184	−18.9%
2009	163	−11.4%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

• INSEE