Indre (; Gallo: ''Aendr'', or ''Endrez'') is a commune in the

Loire-Atlantique Loire-Atlantique (; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Louére-Atantique''; ; before 1957: ''Loire-Inférieure'', ) is a departments of France, department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. ...

department in western

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Etymology

The name Indre, pronounced in

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, derives from that of Latin ''Antrum''. The city was called Antrum and Antrinse monasterium in 840, Andra in 1144 was renamed Aindre and Indre. The inhabitants of Indre are known in French as ''indrais'' .

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