Ardentes

Ardentes is a commune in the Indre department in central France. The archaeologist Jean Hubert (1902–1994) was born in Ardentes.

Ardentes
Commune
The church and the Place de la République, in Ardentes
Coat of arms
Location of Ardentes
Ardentes Ardentes
Coordinates: 46°44′35″N 1°49′54″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Châteauroux
Canton	Ardentes
Intercommunality	Castelroussine
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Didier Barachet
Area ^1	62.09 km^2 (23.97 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	3,860
• Density	62/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	36005 /36120
Elevation	150–208 m (492–682 ft) (avg. 163 m or 535 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,056	—
1800	1,002	−5.1%
1806	909	−9.3%
1821	1,179	+29.7%
1831	1,144	−3.0%
1836	1,089	−4.8%
1841	2,162	+98.5%
1846	2,297	+6.2%
1851	2,480	+8.0%
1856	2,546	+2.7%
1861	2,561	+0.6%
1866	2,681	+4.7%
1872	2,449	−8.7%
1876	2,617	+6.9%
1881	2,682	+2.5%
1886	2,647	−1.3%
1891	2,677	+1.1%
1896	2,665	−0.4%
1901	2,655	−0.4%
1906	2,679	+0.9%
1911	2,725	+1.7%
1921	2,504	−8.1%
1926	2,327	−7.1%
1931	2,237	−3.9%
1936	2,247	+0.4%
1946	2,710	+20.6%
1954	2,725	+0.6%
1962	2,852	+4.7%
1968	2,720	−4.6%
1975	2,780	+2.2%
1982	3,269	+17.6%
1990	3,511	+7.4%
1999	3,322	−5.4%
2009	3,755	+13.0%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.