Chaillac

Chaillac (Limousin: Chalhac) is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Chaillac
Commune
The place du Bosquet
Coat of arms
Location of Chaillac
Chaillac
Chaillac
Coordinates: 46°26′07″N 1°17′59″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentIndre
ArrondissementLe Blanc
CantonSaint-Gaultier
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Gérard Mayaud
Area
1
59.79 km2 (23.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,095
 • Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
36035 /36310
Elevation122–253 m (400–830 ft)
(avg. 196 m or 643 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The commune is traversed by the river Anglin. The surrounding land is primarily clay which results in ground cracking and building shifts throughout the region.

History

Château de Brosse, located on the old town of Brosse, was the possession of Viscount de Brosse, who were powerful in the Middle Ages, and even had their own mint in the eleventh century.[2] However, the village was created around the castle, located in a cul-de-sac, Chaillac was never completed, especially after being destroyed by the Anglo-Poitou in 1370.[3]

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 2,184—    
1800 2,412+10.4%
1806 2,152−10.8%
1821 2,515+16.9%
1831 2,526+0.4%
1836 2,595+2.7%
1841 2,663+2.6%
1846 2,714+1.9%
1851 2,712−0.1%
1856 2,660−1.9%
1861 2,673+0.5%
1866 2,643−1.1%
1872 2,651+0.3%
1876 2,657+0.2%
1881 2,649−0.3%
1886 2,697+1.8%
1891 2,638−2.2%
YearPop.±%
1896 2,603−1.3%
1901 2,522−3.1%
1906 2,464−2.3%
1911 2,515+2.1%
1921 2,105−16.3%
1926 1,983−5.8%
1931 1,926−2.9%
1936 1,685−12.5%
1946 1,619−3.9%
1954 1,553−4.1%
1962 1,453−6.4%
1968 1,358−6.5%
1975 1,253−7.7%
1982 1,149−8.3%
1990 1,246+8.4%
1999 1,170−6.1%
2009 1,136−2.9%

See also
Pyromorphite (green) and Fluorite (yellow) on Barite, Chaillac Mine.

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Archives of the department of Indre, Berry médiéval : à la découverte de l’Indre au Moyen Âge, exhibition catalog, Châteauroux, Archives of the department of Indre, 2009, p. 12.
  3. Berry médiéval, p. 54.


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