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Ingrandes
Commune
Chateau
Location of Ingrandes
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Coordinates: 46°35′54″N 0°57′50″E / 46.5983°N 0.9639°E / 46.5983; 0.9639
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Le Blanc
Canton	Le Blanc
Intercommunality	Brenne Val de Creuse
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Marie-Hélene Cartier^[1]
Area ¹	11.12 km² (4.29 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	303
• Density	27/km² (71/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	36087 /36300
Elevation	76–131 m (249–430 ft) (avg. 87 m or 285 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ingrandes (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃ɡʁɑ̃d] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Indre department in central France. The village is the site of the Gallic city of Pictavorum prior to the Roman Empire's domination of this part of Western Gaul (France).^[3] and called Fines later on in the roman period. The name Ingrandes comes from gallic Egoranda or Equoranda meaning frontier between regions. There are over 3 Ingrandes in the region, and over 100 towns, villages or locality called Ingrandes or other toponyms.^[4]

Geography

The commune is located in the parc naturel régional de la Brenne.

The Salleron forms most of the commune's southeastern border, then flows into the Anglin. The village lies in the middle of the commune, on the right bank of the Anglin, which flows northwest through the commune.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	390	—
1975	300	−3.68%
1982	300	+0.00%
1990	310	+0.41%
1999	316	+0.21%
2009	334	+0.56%
2014	326	−0.48%
2020	309	−0.89%
Source: INSEE^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Atlas Historique de la France Depuis Cesar, p. 28
^ Lacroix, p. 51, en référence à une étude de Paul Lebel : Où en est le problème d'*Equoranda. In: Romania, tome 63 n°250, 1937. pp. 145-203.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE