Ardentes

Ardentes
The church and the Place de la République, in Ardentes The church and the Place de la République, in Ardentes
Coat of arms of Ardentes Coat of arms
Ardentes
Location within Centre region Ardentes
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Châteauroux
Canton	Ardentes
Intercommunality	Castelroussine
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Didier Barachet
Area1	62.09 km2 (23.97 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	3,755
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	36005 / 36120
Elevation	150–208 m (492–682 ft) (avg. 163 m or 535 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ardentes is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,056	—
1800	1,002	−5.1%
1806	909	−9.3%
1821	1,179	+29.7%
1831	1,144	−3.0%
1836	1,089	−4.8%
1841	2,162	+98.5%
1846	2,297	+6.2%
1851	2,480	+8.0%
1856	2,546	+2.7%
1861	2,561	+0.6%
1866	2,681	+4.7%
1872	2,449	−8.7%
1876	2,617	+6.9%
1881	2,682	+2.5%
1886	2,647	−1.3%
1891	2,677	+1.1%
1896	2,665	−0.4%
1901	2,655	−0.4%
1906	2,679	+0.9%
1911	2,725	+1.7%
1921	2,504	−8.1%
1926	2,327	−7.1%
1931	2,237	−3.9%
1936	2,247	+0.4%
1946	2,710	+20.6%
1954	2,725	+0.6%
1962	2,852	+4.7%
1968	2,720	−4.6%
1975	2,780	+2.2%
1982	3,269	+17.6%
1990	3,511	+7.4%
1999	3,322	−5.4%
2009	3,755	+13.0%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

• INSEE