Le Blanc

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

Le Blanc
Château de Naillac
Coat of arms
Location of Le Blanc
Le Blanc
Le Blanc
Coordinates: 46°38′04″N 1°03′49″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentIndre
ArrondissementLe Blanc
CantonLe Blanc
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Paul Chanteguet
Area
1
57.61 km2 (22.24 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
6,389
  Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
36018 /36300
Elevation72–140 m (236–459 ft)
(avg. 120 m or 390 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (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
YearPop.±%
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]

gollark: The correct pronunciation is in fact squirrel.
gollark: The fake apioform tux1ous one or the citronic one?
gollark: Well, you did have access to GTech™ closed timelike curve control that one time.
gollark: Seeing YOUR forth interpreter, you mean‽‽?!⸘‽
gollark: It appears that I have slightly forgotten how to solve this, oh bee.

See also

References

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


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