The arrondissement of La Châtre is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements' ...

of France in the

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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in the

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 ...

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. It has 51

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...

. Its population is 28,433 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of La Châtre, and their

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s, are: #

Aigurande Aigurande () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. History The town's name derives from the Gallic word ''Equoranda'', which refers to a river or stream separating two Gallic tribes (in this case the Pictones (of Poitou) and th ...

(36001) # La Berthenoux (36017) # Briantes (36025) #

La Buxerette La Buxerette is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Geography The Bouzanne forms the commune's western border. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The following is a list of the 241 communes of the Indr ...

(36028) # Buxières-d'Aillac (36030) # Champillet (36038) # Chassignolles (36043) #

La Châtre La Châtre () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Population Personalities *It was the birthplace of Henri de Latouche and Emile Acollas. André Boillot the auto racing driver crashed here in 1932 and died from his injuries. ...

(36046) #

Cluis Cluis () is a commune in the Indre department of the Centre-Val de Loire region of central France. Geography The commune is traversed by the river Bouzanne. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The following is a list o ...

(36056) # Crevant (36060) # Crozon-sur-Vauvre (36061) # Feusines (36073) # Fougerolles (36078) # Gournay (36084) # Lacs (36091) # Lignerolles (36095) # Lourdoueix-Saint-Michel (36099) # Lourouer-Saint-Laurent (36100) #

Lys-Saint-Georges Lys-Saint-Georges () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Geography The Bouzanne forms the commune's western border. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The following is a list of the 241 communes of ...

(36108) # Le Magny (36109) # Maillet (36110) # Malicornay (36111) # Mers-sur-Indre (36120) #

Montchevrier Montchevrier () 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 In ...

(36126) # Montgivray (36127) # Montipouret (36129) # Montlevicq (36130) # La Motte-Feuilly (36132) #

Mouhers Mouhers is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Geography The Bouzanne forms the commune's southwestern border, then flows northeast through the western part of the commune. Population See also *Communes of the Indre depart ...

(36133) # Néret (36138) #

Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre () is a Communes of France, commune in the Indre Departments of France, department in central France. History The town takes its name from its basilica which is a replica of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. T ...

(36141) #

Nohant-Vic Nohant-Vic () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. It is located near La Châtre, on the D943, approximately southeast of Châteauroux and consists of two villages, Vic and Nohant, extended along the road. Geography The co ...

(36143) # Orsennes (36146) # Pérassay (36156) # Pouligny-Notre-Dame (36163) # Pouligny-Saint-Martin (36164) # Saint-Août (36180) #

Saint-Chartier Saint-Chartier () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. The writer Raymonde Vincent (1908–1985), winner of the Prix Femina in 1937 died in Saint-Chartier. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The followin ...

(36184) # Saint-Christophe-en-Boucherie (36186) # Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet (36189) #

Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre (, literally ''Sainte-Sévère on Indre (river), Indre'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Indre Departments of France, department in central France. It is situated near the source of the river Indre (river), Indr ...

(36208) # Saint-Plantaire (36207) # Sarzay (36210) # Sazeray (36214) # Thevet-Saint-Julien (36221) #

Tranzault Tranzault () 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 ...

(36226) # Urciers (36227) # Verneuil-sur-Igneraie (36234) #

Vicq-Exemplet Vicq-Exemplet () 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 fo ...

(36236) # Vigoulant (36238) # Vijon (36240)

History

The arrondissement of La Châtre was created in 1800.Historique de l'Indre
/ref> At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Indre, it gained one commune from the

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 12 ...

, and it lost eight communes to the arrondissement of Châteauroux. 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 La Châtre were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 36 Indre
INSEE # Aigurande #

# Éguzon-Chantôme #

# Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre

References

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