The arrondissement of Châteauroux (french: arrondissement de Châteauroux, link=no ) is a district (''

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Indre Indre (; oc, Endre) is a landlocked 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 administ ...

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Centre-Val de Loire Centre-Val de Loire (, , ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (french: région Centre, link=no, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley ...

. It has 84

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. Its population is 129,106 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Châteauroux, and their

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Ardentes Ardentes () is a Communes of France, commune in the Indre Departments of France, department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. The archaeologist Jean Hubert (archaeologist), Jean Hubert (1902–1994) was born in Ardentes. Population See also *C ...

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Argenton-sur-Creuse Argenton-sur-Creuse is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Geography Argenton-sur-Creuse lies on the river Creuse, about 28 km southwest of Châteauroux. Argenton-sur-Creuse station has rail connections to Vierzon, Limoges and ...

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Argy Argy () is a commune in the department of Indre and the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The following is a list of the 241 communes of the Indre department of France. The commun ...

(36007) # Arpheuilles (36008) #

Arthon Arthon () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Geography The commune is traversed by the river Bouzanne. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The following is a list of the 241 communes of the Indre de ...

(36009) # Badecon-le-Pin (36158) # Baraize (36012) # Baudres (36013) #

Bazaiges Bazaiges () is a commune in the Indre département in central France. Geography The river Abloux forms part of the commune's southwestern border. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The following is a list of the 241 commu ...

(36014) # Bouesse (36022) # Bouges-le-Château (36023) # Bretagne (36024) # Brion (36026) #

Buzançais Buzançais (; oc, Buzancei; la, Busentiacum or ) is a commune and town in the French department of Indre, administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire. It is situated northwest of Châteauroux, the nearest large city, and is near the Brenne r ...

(36031) # Ceaulmont (36032) # Celon (36033) # La Chapelle-Orthemale (36040) #

Chasseneuil Chasseneuil () is a commune in the Indre department in central France.Commune de Chas ...

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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 Ch ...

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Châtillon-sur-Indre Châtillon-sur-Indre (, literally ''Châtillon on Indre'') is a commune in the Indre department, central France. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The following is a list of the 241 communes of the Indre department of Fra ...

(36045) # Chavin (36048) # Chezelles (36050) # Cléré-du-Bois (36054) #

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Coings Coings () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The following is a list of the 241 communes of the Indre department of France. The communes cooperate in the followin ...

(36057) # Cuzion (36062) #

Déols Déols () is a commune in the department of Indre, region of Centre-Val de Loire, central France. Déols is an ancient town with a famous Benedictine abbey, Abbaye Notre-Dame-du-Bourg-Dieu. Today it is somewhat overshadowed by the nearby city o ...

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Diors Diors () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The following is a list of the 241 communes of the Indre department of France. The communes cooperate in the following ...

(36064) # Écueillé (36069) #

Éguzon-Chantôme Éguzon-Chantôme (; Limousin: ''Aguson e Chantòsma'') is a commune in the Indre department in central France. It is situated on the river Creuse. A nearby hydroelectric dam (the Éguzon Dam), opened in 1923, provides electricity and also create ...

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Étrechet Étrechet () is a Communes of France, commune in the Indre Departments of France, department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department References

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(36071) # Fléré-la-Rivière (36074) # Fontguenand (36077) # Francillon (36079) # Frédille (36080) #

Gargilesse-Dampierre Gargilesse-Dampierre () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. It is classified as one of "The most beautiful villages of France" and is situated near the confluence of the Gargilesse stream and the river Creuse. The 19th cent ...

(36081) # Gehée (36082) # Heugnes (36086) #

Jeu-les-Bois Jeu-les-Bois () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Geography The commune is traversed by the river Bouzanne. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The following is a list of the 241 communes of the Ind ...

(36089) # Jeu-Maloches (36090) # Langé (36092) #

Levroux Levroux () is a commune in the Indre department in central France, to the north of Châteauroux. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Saint-Martin-de-Lamps was merged into Levroux. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Saint-Pierre-de-Lamps ...

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Luant Luant () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. The writer Raymonde Vincent (1908–1985), winner of the Prix Femina in 1937 was born in Luant. Geography The commune is located in the parc naturel régional de la Brenne. Popula ...

(36101) # Luçay-le-Mâle (36103) #

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Mâron Mâron () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The following is a list of the 241 communes of the Indre department of France. The communes cooperate in the followin ...

(36112) # Le Menoux (36117) # Méobecq (36118) #

Montierchaume Montierchaume () is a commune in the Indre department, central France. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The following is a list of the 241 communes of the Indre department of France. The communes cooperate in the fol ...

(36128) # Mosnay (36131) #

Moulins-sur-Céphons Moulins-sur-Céphons () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. It is located some 6 km to the northwest of the town of Levroux. The village has a medieval motte at its centre, dating from circa 1050. The pioneering railw ...

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Neuillay-les-Bois Neuillay-les-Bois () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Geography The commune is located in the parc naturel régional de la Brenne. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The following is a list of the ...

(36139) # Niherne (36142) # Palluau-sur-Indre (36149) # Le Pêchereau (36154) #

Pellevoisin Pellevoisin () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Marian apparitions On the night of 14 February 1876, as she lay in Pellevoisin dying of pulmonary tuberculosis, Estelle Faguette, a domestic servant, reportedly saw the Virgi ...

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Le Poinçonnet Le Poinçonnet () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The following is a list of the 241 communes of the Indre department of France. The communes cooperate in the ...

(36159) # Pommiers (36160) #

Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Geography The Bouzanne flows west through the northern part of the commune, then flows into the Creuse, which forms the commune's southwestern border. Populat ...

(36161) # Préaux (36166) # Rouvres-les-Bois (36175) # Saint-Cyran-du-Jambot (36188) # Saint-Genou (36194) # Saint-Lactencin (36198) # Saint-Marcel (36200) # Saint-Maur (36202) # Saint-Médard (36203) #

Sassierges-Saint-Germain Sassierges-Saint-Germain () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The following is a list of the 241 communes of the Indre department of France. The communes coopera ...

(36211) #

Selles-sur-Nahon Selles-sur-Nahon () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The following is a list of the 241 communes of the Indre department of France. The communes cooperate in the ...

(36216) # Sougé (36218) # Tendu (36219) # Le Tranger (36225) #

Valençay Valençay () is a commune in the Indre department in the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. Geography Valençay is situated in the Loire Valley. It sits at the end of a plateau. on a hillside overlooking the River Nahon. Valen ...

(36228) # Velles (36231) # Vendœuvres (36232) # La Vernelle (36233) # Veuil (36235) #

Vicq-sur-Nahon Vicq-sur-Nahon () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Population Toponymy The inhabitants are called the Vicquois.Indre

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Villedieu-sur-Indre Villedieu-sur-Indre (, literally ''Villedieu on Indre'') is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The following is a list of the 241 communes of the Indre department of Fra ...

(36241) # Villegongis (36242) # Villegouin (36243) # Villentrois-Faverolles-en-Berry (36244) # Vineuil (36247)

History

The arrondissement of Châteauroux was created in 1800.Historique de l'Indre
/ref> At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Indre, it gained eight communes from the arrondissement of La Châtre, and it lost one commune to the arrondissement of Le Blanc and one commune to the arrondissement of La Châtre. As a result of the reorganisation of the

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which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Châteauroux were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 36 Indre
INSEE #

# Châteauroux-Centre # Châteauroux-Est # Châteauroux-Ouest # Châteauroux-Sud # Châtillon-sur-Indre # Écueillé #

References

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