Le Blanc

Le Blanc (French pronunciation: ​[lə blɑ̃]) is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Indre department in central France.

Le Blanc
Subprefecture and commune
Château de Naillac
Coat of arms
Location of Le Blanc
Le Blanc Le Blanc
Coordinates: 46°38′04″N 1°03′49″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Le Blanc
Canton	Le Blanc
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Paul Chanteguet
Area ^1	57.61 km^2 (22.24 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	6,389
• Density	110/km^2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	36018 /36300
Elevation	72–140 m (236–459 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Le Blanc is the main city of the Parc naturel régional de la Brenne, on the banks of the Creuse River.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	4,780	—
1800	4,723	−1.2%
1806	3,662	−22.5%
1821	4,452	+21.6%
1831	4,804	+7.9%
1836	5,095	+6.1%
1841	5,290	+3.8%
1846	6,075	+14.8%
1851	6,788	+11.7%
1856	5,731	−15.6%
1861	5,882	+2.6%
1866	5,956	+1.3%
1872	5,709	−4.1%
1876	6,122	+7.2%
1881	6,558	+7.1%
1886	7,140	+8.9%
1891	7,389	+3.5%
1896	6,764	−8.5%
1901	6,663	−1.5%
1906	6,520	−2.1%
1911	6,493	−0.4%
1921	5,284	−18.6%
1926	5,511	+4.3%
1931	5,426	−1.5%
1936	5,789	+6.7%
1946	6,719	+16.1%
1954	6,427	−4.3%
1962	6,402	−0.4%
1968	6,767	+5.7%
1975	8,024	+18.6%
1982	7,769	−3.2%
1990	7,361	−5.3%
1999	6,995	−5.0%
2009	6,946	−0.7%

Facilities

Near Le Blanc, there is a VLF-transmitter of French Navy. It transmits messages on 18.3 kHz and 21.7 kHz to submerged submarines [2]

See also

• Saint-Benoît-du-Sault
• Communes of the Indre department
• Marcel Gaumont. Sculptor of war memorial

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. RDF_project Archived 2007-09-22 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• "Le Blanc" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 16 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 351.