Le Blanc

Subprefecture and commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2020–2026) Gilles Lherpiniere^[1]Area57.61 km² (22.24 sq mi)Population6,204 • Density110/km² (280/sq mi)DemonymBlancois.eTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation72–140 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[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)[4]

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 ^[5]

See also

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

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