Chavin, Indre

Chavin
A general view of Chavin A general view of Chavin
Chavin
Location within Centre region Chavin
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Châteauroux
Canton	Argenton-sur-Creuse
Intercommunality	Pays d'Argenton-sur-Creuse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Fleuret
Area1	14.01 km2 (5.41 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	288
• Density	21/km2 (53/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	36048 / 36200
Elevation	154–276 m (505–906 ft) (avg. 155 m or 509 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	660	—
1800	643	−2.6%
1806	687	+6.8%
1821	695	+1.2%
1831	694	−0.1%
1836	706	+1.7%
1841	639	−9.5%
1846	755	+18.2%
1851	723	−4.2%
1856	661	−8.6%
1861	611	−7.6%
1866	608	−0.5%
1872	575	−5.4%
1876	585	+1.7%
1881	633	+8.2%
1886	646	+2.1%
1891	630	−2.5%
1896	600	−4.8%
1901	645	+7.5%
1906	600	−7.0%
1911	562	−6.3%
1921	559	−0.5%
1926	531	−5.0%
1931	508	−4.3%
1936	431	−15.2%
1946	383	−11.1%
1954	368	−3.9%
1962	360	−2.2%
1968	335	−6.9%
1975	311	−7.2%
1982	292	−6.1%
1990	288	−1.4%
1999	301	+4.5%
2009	288	−4.3%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

• INSEE