Indre ; is a department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the Indriens and Indriennes. 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.
Haute-Vienne is a département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve départements that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The prefecture and largest city in the department is Limoges, the other towns in the department each having fewer than twenty thousand inhabitants. Haute-Vienne had a population of 372,359 in 2019.
Rochechouart is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, west central France. It is a subprefecture of the department.
Descartes is a large village and commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. It is approximately 29 kilometers east of Richelieu and about 48 kilometers east of Loudun, on the banks of the Creuse River, near the border of the French department of Vienne, and the border of the region between Centre-Val de Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is famous for the birthplace of the French mathematician and philosopher who invented the Cartesian coordinate system, René Descartes.
Bellac is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
The arrondissement of Montmorillon is an arrondissement of France in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 90 communes. Its population is 67,025 (2016), and its area is 2,876.1 km2 (1,110.5 sq mi).
Lusignan is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. It lies 25 km southwest of Poitiers. The inhabitants are called Mélusins and Mélusines.
Auberives-sur-Varèze is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France.
Artas is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France.
Apprieu is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France.
Les Adjots is a commune in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.
Glandon is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.
Le Vigen is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.
Jardin is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is a suburb of Vienne. It is located 4 km from the centre of Vienne and 35 km south of Lyon.
Chuyer is a commune in the Loire department in central France. It is a relatively small village outside Pelussin in the Mont Pilat national park.
Vienne-le-Château is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.
Availles-Limouzine is a commune in the west-central department of Vienne, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou is a commune in the Vienne department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, western France.
Sammarçolles is a commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The small town lies northeast of Loudun, 6.5 kilometres by road. It contains a "rich chapel", built by the Montault des Isles family. 686 people were recorded in 1886. The population declined in the 20th century to a low of 472 people in 1990. As of 2017 it has a population of 642 people.
Mazerolles is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
