Chabris

Chabris (French pronunciation: [ʃabʁi]) is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Chabris
Commune
The church of Saint-Christophe-et-Saint-Phalier, in Chabris
Coat of arms
Location of Chabris
Chabris Show map of France Chabris Show map of Centre-Val de Loire
Coordinates: 47°15′20″N 1°39′15″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Issoudun
Canton	Valençay
Intercommunality	Chabris - Pays de Bazelle
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabrice Vaury[1]
Area 1	41.22 km2 (15.92 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,762
• Density	67.01/km2 (173.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	36034 /36210
Elevation	72–134 m (236–440 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Located at an important river crossing-place on the road from Valençay to Romorantin with a bridge since Roman times, Chabris was once the site of the ancient Bishop of Bourges's feudal fortress. Its church was built over the tomb of the 6th century hermit Saint Phalier. There is a twinning with Lonsee, in Germany.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,937 —     1800 1,923 −0.10% 1806 2,055 +1.11% 1821 2,236 +0.56% 1831 2,511 +1.17% 1836 2,563 +0.41% 1841 2,530 −0.26% 1846 2,781 +1.91% 1851 2,872 +0.65% 1856 2,958 +0.59% 1861 3,030 +0.48% 1866 3,111 +0.53% 1872 3,116 +0.03% 1876 3,044 −0.58% 1881 3,043 −0.01% 1886 3,026 −0.11% 1891 2,927 −0.66% 1896 2,836 −0.63%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,780 −0.40% 1906 2,792 +0.09% 1911 2,737 −0.40% 1921 2,552 −0.70% 1926 2,441 −0.89% 1931 2,372 −0.57% 1936 2,437 +0.54% 1946 2,385 −0.22% 1954 2,358 −0.14% 1962 2,391 +0.17% 1968 2,493 +0.70% 1975 2,493 +0.00% 1982 2,589 +0.54% 1990 2,672 +0.40% 1999 2,652 −0.08% 2007 2,749 +0.45% 2012 2,759 +0.07% 2017 2,750 −0.07%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Personalities

• Luc Montagnier was born in Chabris on 18 August 1932, French virologist and co-recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of HIV.

See also

• Communes of the Indre department