La Châtre

La Châtre

Town hall

Coat of arms
La Châtre

Coordinates: 46°34′59″N 1°59′16″E / 46.5831°N 1.9878°E / 46.5831; 1.9878Coordinates: 46°34′59″N 1°59′16″E / 46.5831°N 1.9878°E / 46.5831; 1.9878
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Indre
Arrondissement La Châtre
Canton La Châtre
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Nicolas Forissier
Area1 6.06 km2 (2.34 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 4,477
  Density 740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 36046 / 36400
Elevation 198–263 m (650–863 ft)
(avg. 222 m or 728 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.

La Châtre (French pronunciation: [la ʃɑtʁ]) is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 4,000    
1800 3,357−16.1%
1806 3,926+16.9%
1821 4,049+3.1%
1831 4,343+7.3%
1836 4,471+2.9%
1841 4,635+3.7%
1846 4,910+5.9%
1851 4,970+1.2%
1856 4,981+0.2%
1861 5,038+1.1%
1866 5,167+2.6%
1872 4,928−4.6%
1876 4,993+1.3%
1881 5,234+4.8%
1886 5,215−0.4%
1891 5,048−3.2%
1896 4,850−3.9%
1901 4,737−2.3%
1906 4,744+0.1%
1911 4,770+0.5%
1921 3,931−17.6%
1926 3,880−1.3%
1931 3,734−3.8%
1936 3,779+1.2%
1946 4,109+8.7%
1954 4,110+0.0%
1962 4,025−2.1%
1968 4,524+12.4%
1975 4,847+7.1%
1982 4,922+1.5%
1990 4,623−6.1%
1999 4,548−1.6%
2008 4,477−1.6%

Personalities

From 1938 to his death in 1953, Jean de Boschère lived in La Châtre with his companion Elizabeth d'Ennetières.

See also

References

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