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Indre

Also known as Department of Indre

Indre (), is a department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the Indriens (masculine; ) and Indriennes (feminine; ). Indre is part of the current administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire. The region is bordered by the departments of Indre-et-Loire to the west, Loir-et-Cher to the north, Cher to the east, Creuse and Haute-Vienne to the south, and Vienne to the southwest. The préfecture (capital) is Châteauroux and there are three subpréfectures at Le Blanc, La Châtre and Issoudun. It had a population of 216,069 in 2023. It contains

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Indre is a department in central France named after the Indre river, located within the Centre-Val de Loire administrative region with its capital in Châteauroux. It matters as a local administrative division in France with a population of around 216,000 people and serves as an important geographic and governmental unit in central France.

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Settlement.name: Indre
Settlement.native_name_lang: fr
Settlement.type: Department
Settlement.image_skyline: Châteauroux - Préfecture - 1.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Prefecture building of the Indre department, in Châteauroux
Settlement.image_flag: Drapeau_département_fr_Indre.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Blason_département_fr_Indre.svg
Settlement.image_map: Indre-Position.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Indre in France
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: France
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Centre-Val de Loire
Settlement.seat_type: Prefecture
Settlement.seat: Châteauroux
Settlement.parts_type: Subprefectures
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.p1: Le BlancLa ChâtreIssoudun