Saint-Chartier

Saint-Chartier is a commune in the Indre department in central France. The writer Raymonde Vincent (1908–1985), winner of the Prix Femina in 1937 died in Saint-Chartier.

Saint-Chartier
Commune
The town hall in Saint-Chartier
Location of Saint-Chartier
Saint-Chartier Saint-Chartier
Coordinates: 46°39′02″N 1°58′41″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	La Châtre
Canton	La Châtre
Intercommunality	La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Damiel Guérin
Area ^1	27.7 km^2 (10.7 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	510
• Density	18/km^2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	36184 /36400
Elevation	181–271 m (594–889 ft) (avg. 187 m or 614 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 900 —     1800 992 +10.2% 1806 757 −23.7% 1821 816 +7.8% 1831 1,024 +25.5% 1836 1,032 +0.8% 1841 989 −4.2% 1846 991 +0.2% 1851 985 −0.6% 1856 968 −1.7% 1861 970 +0.2% 1866 1,002 +3.3% 1872 1,084 +8.2% 1876 1,088 +0.4% 1881 1,096 +0.7% 1886 1,098 +0.2% 1891 1,099 +0.1% 1896 1,093 −0.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 1,102 +0.8% 1906 1,108 +0.5% 1911 1,105 −0.3% 1921 932 −15.7% 1926 895 −4.0% 1931 864 −3.5% 1936 809 −6.4% 1946 783 −3.2% 1954 722 −7.8% 1962 704 −2.5% 1968 683 −3.0% 1975 555 −18.7% 1982 561 +1.1% 1990 548 −2.3% 1999 540 −1.5% 2006 598 +10.7% 2009 596 −0.3%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

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