Indre

Indre (French pronunciation:), is a department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the Indriens (masculine; pronounced) and Indriennes (feminine; ). Indre is part of the current administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire. The region is bordered by the departments of Indre-et-Loire to the west, Loir-et-Cher to the north, Cher to the east, Creuse and Haute-Vienne to the south, and Vienne to the southwest. The préfecture (capital) is Châteauroux and there are three subpréfectures at Le Blanc, La Châtre and Issoudun. It had a population of 216,069 in 2023. It contains the geographic centre of Metropolitan France.