Prissac

Prissac
Commune
The 8 May Square in Prissac
Location of Prissac
Prissac Prissac
Coordinates: 46°30′39″N 1°18′31″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Le Blanc
Canton	Saint-Gaultier
Intercommunality	Val d'Anglin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gilles Touzet
Area 1	62.83 km2 (24.26 sq mi)
Population  (2009)	676
• Density	11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	36168 /36370
Elevation	105–199 m (344–653 ft) (avg. 165 m or 541 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Prissac is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Gaston Chérau (1872–1937), a writer and member of the Académie Goncourt is buried in Prissac.

Geography

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

The river Abloux flows west through the southern part of the commune, then flows into the Anglin, which forms all of its southwestern border.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,900	—
1800	1,624	−14.5%
1806	1,688	+3.9%
1821	1,940	+14.9%
1831	2,152	+10.9%
1836	2,184	+1.5%
1841	1,978	−9.4%
1846	2,096	+6.0%
1851	2,109	+0.6%
1856	2,034	−3.6%
1861	1,987	−2.3%
1866	2,080	+4.7%
1872	1,999	−3.9%
1876	1,977	−1.1%
1881	2,006	+1.5%
1886	2,020	+0.7%
1891	2,041	+1.0%
1896	1,986	−2.7%
1901	1,960	−1.3%
1906	1,921	−2.0%
1911	1,906	−0.8%
1921	1,749	−8.2%
1926	1,634	−6.6%
1931	1,471	−10.0%
1936	1,447	−1.6%
1946	1,406	−2.8%
1954	1,162	−17.4%
1962	1,077	−7.3%
1968	966	−10.3%
1975	892	−7.7%
1982	853	−4.4%
1990	771	−9.6%
1999	738	−4.3%
2009	676	−8.4%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

• INSEE