Ardentes

Ardentes
The church and the Place de la République, in Ardentes
Coat of arms
Ardentes
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Ardentes
Coordinates: 46°44′35″N 1°49′54″E / 46.7431°N 1.8317°ECoordinates: 46°44′35″N 1°49′54″E / 46.7431°N 1.8317°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Châteauroux
Canton	Ardentes
Intercommunality	Castelroussine
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Didier Barachet
Area^1	62.09 km^2 (23.97 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	3,755
• Density	60/km^2 (160/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	36005 / 36120
Elevation	150–208 m (492–682 ft) (avg. 163 m or 535 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,056	—
1800	1,002	−5.1%
1806	909	−9.3%
1821	1,179	+29.7%
1831	1,144	−3.0%
1836	1,089	−4.8%
1841	2,162	+98.5%
1846	2,297	+6.2%
1851	2,480	+8.0%
1856	2,546	+2.7%
1861	2,561	+0.6%
1866	2,681	+4.7%
1872	2,449	−8.7%
1876	2,617	+6.9%
1881	2,682	+2.5%
1886	2,647	−1.3%
1891	2,677	+1.1%
1896	2,665	−0.4%
1901	2,655	−0.4%
1906	2,679	+0.9%
1911	2,725	+1.7%
1921	2,504	−8.1%
1926	2,327	−7.1%
1931	2,237	−3.9%
1936	2,247	+0.4%
1946	2,710	+20.6%
1954	2,725	+0.6%
1962	2,852	+4.7%
1968	2,720	−4.6%
1975	2,780	+2.2%
1982	3,269	+17.6%
1990	3,511	+7.4%
1999	3,322	−5.4%
2009	3,755	+13.0%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

• INSEE