Ciron, Indre

Ciron
Commune
Chateau of Romefort
Ciron
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
Ciron
Coordinates: 46°37′42″N 1°14′45″E / 46.6283°N 1.2458°E / 46.6283; 1.2458Coordinates: 46°37′42″N 1°14′45″E / 46.6283°N 1.2458°E / 46.6283; 1.2458
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Indre
Arrondissement Le Blanc
Canton Le Blanc
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Gérard Defez
Area1 57.94 km2 (22.37 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 520
 • Density 9.0/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 36053 /36300
Elevation 78–154 m (256–505 ft)
(avg. 101 m or 331 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.

Ciron is a commune in the Indre department in central France. It is notable for its twelfth-century lanterne des morts, Eglise Saint-Georges, and the chateau Romefort by the picturesque river La Creuse. An abandoned railroad goes through the village south of national route D951, which bisects the village.

Geography

The commune is located in the parc naturel régional de la Brenne. The river La Creuse borders the commune to the south. There is one bridge crossing over La Creuse in Ciron that connects the commune with the medieval chateau of Romefort, which dates from the era of the Hundred Year War between the English and the French crowns. Romefort consists of the donjon and a residential wing, and there is the ruins of a notable attached watermill by the Creuse river.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 670—    
1800 751+12.1%
1806 799+6.4%
1821 740−7.4%
1831 812+9.7%
1836 813+0.1%
1841 731−10.1%
1846 785+7.4%
1851 840+7.0%
1856 899+7.0%
1861 847−5.8%
1866 890+5.1%
1872 866−2.7%
1876 931+7.5%
1881 986+5.9%
1886 1,158+17.4%
1891 1,098−5.2%
1896 1,081−1.5%
1901 1,049−3.0%
1906 1,058+0.9%
1911 1,079+2.0%
1921 923−14.5%
1926 917−0.7%
1931 850−7.3%
1936 823−3.2%
1946 883+7.3%
1954 776−12.1%
1962 735−5.3%
1968 647−12.0%
1975 564−12.8%
1982 522−7.4%
1990 529+1.3%
1999 533+0.8%
2009 520−2.4%

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References

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