Chavin, Indre

Chavin is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Chavin
Commune
A general view of Chavin
Location of Chavin
Chavin Chavin
Coordinates: 46°33′43″N 1°36′42″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Châteauroux
Canton	Argenton-sur-Creuse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Fleuret
Area ^1	14.01 km^2 (5.41 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	271
• Density	19/km^2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	36048 /36200
Elevation	154–276 m (505–906 ft) (avg. 155 m or 509 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 660 —     1800 643 −2.6% 1806 687 +6.8% 1821 695 +1.2% 1831 694 −0.1% 1836 706 +1.7% 1841 639 −9.5% 1846 755 +18.2% 1851 723 −4.2% 1856 661 −8.6% 1861 611 −7.6% 1866 608 −0.5% 1872 575 −5.4% 1876 585 +1.7% 1881 633 +8.2% 1886 646 +2.1% 1891 630 −2.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 600 −4.8% 1901 645 +7.5% 1906 600 −7.0% 1911 562 −6.3% 1921 559 −0.5% 1926 531 −5.0% 1931 508 −4.3% 1936 431 −15.2% 1946 383 −11.1% 1954 368 −3.9% 1962 360 −2.2% 1968 335 −6.9% 1975 311 −7.2% 1982 292 −6.1% 1990 288 −1.4% 1999 301 +4.5% 2009 288 −4.3%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

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