Le Blanc

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Le Blanc

Château de Naillac

Coat of arms
Le Blanc

Coordinates: 46°38′04″N 1°03′49″E / 46.6344°N 1.0636°E / 46.6344; 1.0636Coordinates: 46°38′04″N 1°03′49″E / 46.6344°N 1.0636°E / 46.6344; 1.0636
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Indre
Arrondissement Le Blanc
Canton Le Blanc
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Paul Chanteguet
Area1 57.61 km2 (22.24 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 6,946
  Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Historical population
YearPop.±%
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 [1]

See also

References

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