Indre, Loire-Atlantique
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Indre is a commune
Communes of France
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 in the Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique is a department on the west coast of France named after the Loire River and the Atlantic Ocean.-History:...

 department in western France
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Etymology

The name Indre, pronounced ɛ̃dʁ in French
French language
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, derives from that of Latin Antrum. The city was called Antrum and Antrinse monasterium in 840, Andra in 1144 was renamed Aindre and Indre.

The inhabitants of Indre are known in French as indrais .

Mayors

style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| List of mayors of Indre
Période Identité Parti Qualité
Mathurin Buet
?- 1812 - ? Pierre Fauluy
1871 Victor Boquien
21 January 1878 Victor Boquien
21 January 1878 - 23 January 1881 Victor Boquien
23 January 1881 - 14 May 1884 Victor Boquien
14 May 1884 - 20 May 1888 Victor Boquien
20 May 1888 - 15 May 1892 Victor Boquien
15 May 1892 - 11 May 1896 Victor Boquien
11 May 1896 - 20 May 1900 Victor Boquien
20 May 1900 - 15 May 1904 Victor Boquien
15 May 1904 Victor Boquien
24 March 1907 Jules Dupuy
17 May 1908 - 19 May 1912 Joseph Déjoie
19 May 1912 - Joseph Déjoie
23 June 1921- Henri Michel
Période inconnue Félix Guyot SFIO
Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière
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March 2001 - June 2006 Alcide Maquaire (Haut-Indre) PS
Socialist Party (France)
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June 2006 - March 2008 Jean-Luc Le Drenn (Haut-Indre) Divers gauche
March 2008 - Jean-Luc Le Drenn (Haut-Indre) Divers gauche
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