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Arrondissement Of Châteauroux
The arrondissement of Châteauroux (french: arrondissement de Châteauroux, link=no ) is a district (''arrondissement'') of France in the Indre department in the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire. It has 84 communes. Its population is 129,106 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Châteauroux, and their INSEE codes, are: # Ardentes (36005) # Argenton-sur-Creuse (36006) # Argy (36007) # Arpheuilles (36008) # Arthon (36009) # Badecon-le-Pin (36158) # Baraize (36012) # Baudres (36013) # Bazaiges (36014) # Bouesse (36022) # Bouges-le-Château (36023) # Bretagne (36024) # Brion (36026) # Buzançais (36031) # Ceaulmont (36032) # Celon (36033) # La Chapelle-Orthemale (36040) # Chasseneuil (36042) # Châteauroux (36044) # Châtillon-sur-Indre (36045) # Chavin (36048) # Chezelles (36050) # Cléré-du-Bois (36054) # Clion (36055) # Coings (36057) # Cuzion (36062) # Déols (36063) # Diors (36064) # Écueillé (36069) # Éguzon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Châteauroux
Châteauroux (; ; oc, Chasteurós) is the capital city of the French department of Indre, central France and the second-largest town in the province of Berry, after Bourges. Its residents are called ''Castelroussins'' () in French. Climate Châteauroux temperatures range from an average January low of to an average August high of . History The old town, close to the river, forms a nucleus around which a newer and more extensive quarter, bordered by boulevards, has grown up; the suburbs of St. Christophe and Déols lie on the right bank of the Indre. The castle from which the city takes its name was built in the latter part of the 10th century by Raoul, prince of Déols. From 920 to 1008, the Norman raids forced the monks of the abbey of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys, founded in Brittany by Saint Gildas, to bring his relics to the abbey of Saint-Gildas of Châteauroux that they founded under the protection of the prince Ebbes of Déols, father of Raoul. During the Middle Ages it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |