Indre, Loire-Atlantique

Indre is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Indre Endrez/Antr
Commune
The Loire at Basse-Indre
Coat of arms
Location of Indre
Indre Indre
Coordinates: 47°11′58″N 1°40′12″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Saint-Herblain-1
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Anthony Berthelot
Area ^1	4.72 km^2 (1.82 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	3,969
• Density	840/km^2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44074 /44610 (Basse-Indre and Haut-indre), 44620 (Indret)
Dialling codes	02
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Etymology

The name Indre, pronounced [ɛ̃dʁ] in French, 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 .

Administration

Mayors

List of mayors of Indre[2][3]

Période	Identité	Parti
	Mathurin Buet
?- 1812 - ?	Pierre Fauluy
1871[4]	Victor Boquien
21 January 1878	Victor Boquien
21 January 1878 - 23 January 1881	Victor Boquien
23 January 1881 - 14 May 1884	Victor Boquien
14 May 1884 - 20 May 1888	Victor Boquien
20 May 1888 - 15 May 1892	Victor Boquien
15 May 1892 - 11 May 1896	Victor Boquien
11 May 1896 - 20 May 1900	Victor Boquien
20 May 1900 - 15 May 1904	Victor Boquien
15 May 1904	Victor Boquien
24 March 1907	Jules Dupuy
17 May 1908 - 19 May 1912	Joseph Déjoie
19 May 1912 -	Joseph Déjoie
23 June 1921-	Henri Michel
Période inconnue	Félix Guyot	SFIO
March 2001 - June 2006	Alcide Maquaire (Haut-Indre)	PS
June 2006 - March 2008	Jean-Luc Le Drenn (Haut-Indre)	Divers gauche
March 2008 -	Jean-Luc Le Drenn (Haut-Indre)	Divers gauche

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,360	—
1806	1,930	+41.9%
1821	1,446	−25.1%
1831	2,305	+59.4%
1841	3,498	+51.8%
1851	3,497	−0.0%
1861	3,840	+9.8%
1872	3,553	−7.5%
1881	3,304	−7.0%
1891	3,517	+6.4%
1901	3,792	+7.8%
1911	4,050	+6.8%
1921	4,323	+6.7%
1931	4,379	+1.3%
1946	4,477	+2.2%
1954	4,571	+2.1%
1962	4,625	+1.2%
1968	4,286	−7.3%
1975	3,709	−13.5%
1982	3,513	−5.3%
1990	3,263	−7.1%
1999	3,641	+11.6%
2011	4,026	+10.6%
2017	3,969	−1.4%

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See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. francegenweb.org, List of mayors of Indre
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-24. Retrieved 2009-06-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. (in French)Répertoire général de bio-bibliographie bretonne - editor J. Plihon - René Pocard du Cosquer de Kerviler, Louis Marie Chauffier