Indre

Indre
Department
Prefecture building of the Indre department, in Châteauroux
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Indre in France
Coordinates: 46°46′N 1°36′E / 46.767°N 1.600°E / 46.767; 1.600
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Prefecture	Châteauroux
Subprefectures	Le Blanc La Châtre Issoudun
Government
• President of the Departmental Council	Marc Fleuret[1] (UDI)
Area 1
• Total	6,791 km2 (2,622 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	217,228
• Rank	88th
• Density	32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number	36
Arrondissements	4
Cantons	13
Communes	241
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Indre (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃dʁ] ^ⓘ); is a department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the Indriens (masculine; pronounced [ɛ̃dʁijɛ̃]) and Indriennes (feminine; [ɛ̃dʁijɛn]). Indre is part of the current administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire. The region is bordered by the departments of Indre-et-Loire to the west, Loir-et-Cher to the north, Cher to the east, Creuse, and Haute-Vienne to the south, and Vienne to the southwest. The préfecture (capital) is Châteauroux and there are three subpréfectures at Le Blanc, La Châtre and Issoudun. It had a population of 219,316 in 2019.^[3] It also contains the geographic centre of Metropolitan France.