Lignerolles, Indre

Lignerolles
The town hall in Lignerolles
Lignerolles
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Lignerolles
Coordinates: 46°29′48″N 2°08′41″E / 46.4967°N 2.1447°ECoordinates: 46°29′48″N 2°08′41″E / 46.4967°N 2.1447°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	La Châtre
Canton	Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre
Intercommunality	La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Rousseau
Area^1	13 km^2 (5 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	116
• Density	8.9/km^2 (23/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	36095 / 36160
Elevation	291–410 m (955–1,345 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	280	—
1800	179	−36.1%
1806	228	+27.4%
1821	299	+31.1%
1831	339	+13.4%
1836	448	+32.2%
1841	438	−2.2%
1846	463	+5.7%
1851	466	+0.6%
1856	487	+4.5%
1861	465	−4.5%
1866	483	+3.9%
1872	513	+6.2%
1876	509	−0.8%
1881	518	+1.8%
1886	536	+3.5%
1891	544	+1.5%
1896	530	−2.6%
1901	523	−1.3%
1906	540	+3.3%
1911	506	−6.3%
1921	442	−12.6%
1926	400	−9.5%
1931	386	−3.5%
1936	377	−2.3%
1946	327	−13.3%
1954	329	+0.6%
1962	269	−18.2%
1968	234	−13.0%
1975	189	−19.2%
1982	166	−12.2%
1990	136	−18.1%
1999	138	+1.5%
2009	116	−15.9%

Sights

• Castle of Puybardeau^[1][2] (1830)

Personalities

• The Maussabré family, with famous French military chiefs along the centuries.

See also

• Heugnes
• Communes of the Indre department

References

• INSEE

1. (French) page 2/4 Castel of Puybarbeau was a P.C. for Resistance during World War II.
2. Built by the Maussabré family