Le Blanc
Le Blanc | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
 Château de Naillac | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Le Blanc  | |
  Le Blanc  Le Blanc | |
| Coordinates: 46°38′04″N 1°03′49″E / 46.6344°N 1.0636°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Indre |
| Arrondissement | Le Blanc |
| Canton | Le Blanc |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Paul Chanteguet |
Area 1 | 57.61 km2 (22.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 6,204 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 36018 /36300 |
| Elevation | 72–140 m (236–459 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Le Blanc (French pronunciation: [lə blɑ̃]) is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Indre department in central France.
Geography
Le Blanc is the main city of the Parc naturel régional de la Brenne, on the banks of the Creuse River.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1793 | 4,780 | — |
| 1800 | 4,723 | −1.2% |
| 1806 | 3,662 | −22.5% |
| 1821 | 4,452 | +21.6% |
| 1831 | 4,804 | +7.9% |
| 1836 | 5,095 | +6.1% |
| 1841 | 5,290 | +3.8% |
| 1846 | 6,075 | +14.8% |
| 1851 | 6,788 | +11.7% |
| 1856 | 5,731 | −15.6% |
| 1861 | 5,882 | +2.6% |
| 1866 | 5,956 | +1.3% |
| 1872 | 5,709 | −4.1% |
| 1876 | 6,122 | +7.2% |
| 1881 | 6,558 | +7.1% |
| 1886 | 7,140 | +8.9% |
| 1891 | 7,389 | +3.5% |
| 1896 | 6,764 | −8.5% |
| 1901 | 6,663 | −1.5% |
| 1906 | 6,520 | −2.1% |
| 1911 | 6,493 | −0.4% |
| 1921 | 5,284 | −18.6% |
| 1926 | 5,511 | +4.3% |
| 1931 | 5,426 | −1.5% |
| 1936 | 5,789 | +6.7% |
| 1946 | 6,719 | +16.1% |
| 1954 | 6,427 | −4.3% |
| 1962 | 6,402 | −0.4% |
| 1968 | 6,767 | +5.7% |
| 1975 | 8,024 | +18.6% |
| 1982 | 7,769 | −3.2% |
| 1990 | 7,361 | −5.3% |
| 1999 | 6,995 | −5.0% |
| 2009 | 6,946 | −0.7% |
Facilities
Near Le Blanc, there is a VLF-transmitter of French Navy. It transmits messages on 18.3 kHz and 21.7 kHz to submerged submarines [2]
See also
- Saint-Benoît-du-Sault
- Communes of the Indre department
- Marcel Gaumont. Sculptor of war memorial
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ RDF_project Archived 2007-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Le Blanc (Indre).
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 351.
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