Indre, Loire-Atlantique

Indre (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃dʁ] ^ⓘ; Gallo: Aendr, Breton: Antr or Endrez) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Indre Aendr (Gallo) Endrez/Antr (Breton)
Commune
The Loire at Basse-Indre
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Indre
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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[1]
Area 1	4.72 km2 (1.82 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	4,172
• Density	880/km2 (2,300/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 km2 (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^[3][4]

Term	Name	Party
	Mathurin Buet
?- 1812 - ?	Pierre Fauluy
1871[5]	Victor Boquien
1876–1907	Victor Boquien
1907–1908	Jules Dupuy
1908–?	Joseph Déjoie
1921–?	Henri Michel
1968–1977	Félix Guyot	SFIO
2001–2006	Alcide Maquaire	PS
2006–2014	Jean-Luc Le Drenn	DVG
2014–2020	Serge David	DVG
2020–incumbent	Anthony Berthelot	DVG

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,360 —     1821 1,446 +0.22% 1846 3,483 +3.58% 1872 3,553 +0.08% 1901 3,792 +0.22% 1926 4,324 +0.53% 1946 4,477 +0.17% 1962 4,625 +0.20%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 4,286 −1.26% 1975 3,709 −2.04% 1982 3,513 −0.77% 1990 3,262 −0.92% 1999 3,643 +1.23% 2007 3,761 +0.40% 2012 4,032 +1.40% 2017 3,969 −0.31%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)[7]

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See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department