Le Blanc

For other uses, see Le Blanc (disambiguation).

Le Blanc
Subprefecture and commune
Château de Naillac
Coat of arms
Location of Le Blanc
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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 (2020–2026)	Gilles Lherpiniere
Area 1	57.61 km2 (22.24 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	6,204
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Demonym	Blancois.e
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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Blanc (French pronunciation: [lə blɑ̃] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Lo Blanc; Latin: Oblincum Cuborum) is a commune and a subprefecture of the department of Indre, and the region of Centre-Val de Loire, central France.

Geography

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

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 4,780 —     1800 4,723 −0.17% 1806 3,662 −4.15% 1821 4,452 +1.31% 1831 4,804 +0.76% 1836 5,095 +1.18% 1841 5,290 +0.75% 1846 6,075 +2.81% 1851 6,788 +2.24% 1856 5,731 −3.33% 1861 5,882 +0.52% 1866 5,956 +0.25% 1872 5,709 −0.70% 1876 6,122 +1.76% 1881 6,558 +1.39% 1886 7,140 +1.72% 1891 7,389 +0.69% 1896 6,764 −1.75%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 6,663 −0.30% 1906 6,520 −0.43% 1911 6,493 −0.08% 1921 5,284 −2.04% 1926 5,511 +0.84% 1931 5,426 −0.31% 1936 5,789 +1.30% 1946 6,719 +1.50% 1954 6,427 −0.55% 1962 6,402 −0.05% 1968 6,767 +0.93% 1975 8,024 +2.46% 1982 7,769 −0.46% 1990 7,361 −0.67% 1999 6,998 −0.56% 2007 6,926 −0.13% 2012 6,840 −0.25% 2017 6,389 −1.35%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

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

See also

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

External links

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