Cluis

Cluis
The church of Saint-Paxent, in Cluis
Coat of arms
Cluis
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Cluis
Coordinates: 46°32′45″N 1°44′57″E / 46.5458°N 1.7492°ECoordinates: 46°32′45″N 1°44′57″E / 46.5458°N 1.7492°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	La Châtre
Canton	Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Gorges
Area^1	35.32 km^2 (13.64 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	1,019
• Density	29/km^2 (75/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	36056 / 36340
Elevation	188–340 m (617–1,115 ft) (avg. 283 m or 928 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.

Cluis is a commune in the Indre department of the Centre-Val de Loire region of central France.

Geography

The commune is traversed by the river Bouzanne.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,479	—
1800	1,435	−3.0%
1806	1,441	+0.4%
1821	1,820	+26.3%
1831	1,911	+5.0%
1836	1,933	+1.2%
1841	1,909	−1.2%
1846	1,930	+1.1%
1851	2,085	+8.0%
1856	2,014	−3.4%
1861	2,048	+1.7%
1866	2,172	+6.1%
1872	2,159	−0.6%
1876	2,268	+5.0%
1881	2,188	−3.5%
1886	2,244	+2.6%
1891	2,202	−1.9%
1896	2,192	−0.5%
1901	2,340	+6.8%
1906	2,225	−4.9%
1911	2,079	−6.6%
1921	1,882	−9.5%
1926	1,813	−3.7%
1931	1,784	−1.6%
1936	1,707	−4.3%
1946	1,675	−1.9%
1954	1,672	−0.2%
1962	1,594	−4.7%
1968	1,516	−4.9%
1975	1,448	−4.5%
1982	1,311	−9.5%
1990	1,196	−8.8%
1999	1,063	−11.1%
2009	1,019	−4.1%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

• INSEE