Chaillac

Chaillac (French pronunciation: [ʃajak] ⓘ; Limousin: Chalhac) is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Chaillac
Commune
The place du Bosquet
The place du Bosquet
Coat of arms of Chaillac
Coat of arms
Location of Chaillac
Chaillac is located in France
Chaillac
Chaillac
Chaillac is located in Centre-Val de Loire
Chaillac
Chaillac
Coordinates: 46°26′07″N 1°17′59″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentIndre
ArrondissementLe Blanc
CantonSaint-Gaultier
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Mathieu Moreaux[1]
Area
1
59.79 km2 (23.09 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
1,068
 • Density18/km2 (46/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.[3] 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.[4]

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. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. 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.
  4. Berry médiéval, p. 54.
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