Chaillac (;

Limousin Limousin (; oc, Lemosin ) is a former administrative region of southwest-central France. On 1 January 2016, it became part of the new administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprised three departments: Corrèze, Creuse, and Haute-Vienn ...

: ''Chalhac'') is a

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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 central

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Geography

The commune is traversed by the river

Anglin The Anglin () is a long river in the Creuse, Indre and Vienne departments in central France. Its source is near Azerables. It flows generally northwest. It is a right tributary of the Gartempe, into which it flows near Angles-sur-l'Anglin. Its ...

. The surrounding land is primarily clay which results in ground cracking and building shifts throughout the region.

History

Château de Brosse The Château de Brosse is a ruined castle in the ''commune'' of Chaillac, near Saint-Benoît-du-Sault in the Indre ''département'' of France. History Located in the former province of Berry, the castle was built during the 10th century by the Vi ...

, located on the old town of Brosse, was the possession of Viscount de Brosse, who were powerful in the

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, and even had their own mint in the eleventh century. However, the village was created around the castle, located in a cul-de-sac, Chaillac was never completed, especially after being destroyed by the Anglo-Poitou in 1370.''Berry médiéval'', p. 54.

Population

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 intercommunalities (as of 2020):Rochechouart impact structure Rochechouart impact structure or Rochechouart astrobleme is an impact structure in France. Erosion has over the millions of years has mostly destroyed its impact crater, the initial surface expression of the asteroid impact leaving highly deform ...

Saint-Benoît-du-Sault Saint-Benoît-du-Sault (; oc, Sent Benet de Saul) is a commune in the Indre department in central France. It is a medieval village, perched in a curve on a rocky butte overlooking the Portefeuille River in the former province of Berry. In 1988, ...

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Communes of Indre {{Indre-geo-stub

Geography

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Population

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