Chitray

Chitray
The church and surroundings, in Chitray
Chitray
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Chitray
Coordinates: 46°38′11″N 1°21′35″E / 46.6364°N 1.3597°ECoordinates: 46°38′11″N 1°21′35″E / 46.6364°N 1.3597°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Le Blanc
Canton	Saint-Gaultier
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	André Plantureux
Area^1	19.94 km^2 (7.70 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	163
• Density	8.2/km^2 (21/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	36051 / 36800
Elevation	87–152 m (285–499 ft) (avg. 98 m or 322 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.

Chitray is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Geography

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	402	—
1800	314	−21.9%
1806	298	−5.1%
1821	361	+21.1%
1831	376	+4.2%
1836	396	+5.3%
1841	390	−1.5%
1846	374	−4.1%
1851	392	+4.8%
1856	377	−3.8%
1861	360	−4.5%
1866	376	+4.4%
1872	369	−1.9%
1876	388	+5.1%
1881	413	+6.4%
1886	463	+12.1%
1891	407	−12.1%
1896	419	+2.9%
1901	416	−0.7%
1906	416	+0.0%
1911	415	−0.2%
1921	399	−3.9%
1926	364	−8.8%
1931	310	−14.8%
1936	275	−11.3%
1946	289	+5.1%
1954	308	+6.6%
1962	287	−6.8%
1968	248	−13.6%
1975	222	−10.5%
1982	191	−14.0%
1990	167	−12.6%
1999	143	−14.4%
2009	163	+14.0%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

• INSEE