Chabris

Chabris
The church of Saint-Christophe-et-Saint-Phalier, in Chabris
Coat of arms
Chabris
Location within Centre region Chabris
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Issoudun
Canton	Saint-Christophe-en-Bazelle
Intercommunality	Pays de Bazelle
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Serge Pinault
Area1	41.22 km2 (15.92 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	2,787
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	36034 / 36210
Elevation	72–134 m (236–440 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 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.

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

Located at an important river crossing-place on the road from Valençay to Romorantin with a bridge since Roman times, Chabris was once the site of the ancient Bishop of Bourges's feudal fortress. Its church was built over the tomb of the 6th century hermit Saint Phalier.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,937	—
1800	1,923	−0.7%
1806	2,055	+6.9%
1821	2,236	+8.8%
1831	2,511	+12.3%
1836	2,563	+2.1%
1841	2,530	−1.3%
1846	2,781	+9.9%
1851	2,872	+3.3%
1856	2,958	+3.0%
1861	3,030	+2.4%
1866	3,111	+2.7%
1872	3,116	+0.2%
1876	3,044	−2.3%
1881	3,043	−0.0%
1886	3,026	−0.6%
1891	2,927	−3.3%
1896	2,836	−3.1%
1901	2,780	−2.0%
1906	2,792	+0.4%
1911	2,737	−2.0%
1921	2,552	−6.8%
1926	2,441	−4.3%
1931	2,372	−2.8%
1936	2,437	+2.7%
1946	2,385	−2.1%
1954	2,358	−1.1%
1962	2,391	+1.4%
1968	2,493	+4.3%
1975	2,493	+0.0%
1982	2,589	+3.9%
1990	2,672	+3.2%
1999	2,656	−0.6%
2009	2,787	+4.9%

Personalities

• Luc Montagnier was born in Chabris on 18 August 1932, French virologist and co-recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of HIV.

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

• INSEE