Lurais

Lurais
The town hall in Lurais
Lurais
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Lurais
Coordinates: 46°42′19″N 0°57′05″E / 46.7053°N 0.9514°ECoordinates: 46°42′19″N 0°57′05″E / 46.7053°N 0.9514°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Le Blanc
Canton	Tournon-Saint-Martin
Intercommunality	Brenne Val de Creuse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Jacquet
Area^1	13.61 km^2 (5.25 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	234
• Density	17/km^2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	36104 / 36220
Elevation	67–134 m (220–440 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 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.

Lurais 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	422	—
1800	269	−36.3%
1806	272	+1.1%
1821	537	+97.4%
1831	558	+3.9%
1836	547	−2.0%
1841	557	+1.8%
1846	579	+3.9%
1851	569	−1.7%
1856	572	+0.5%
1861	575	+0.5%
1866	545	−5.2%
1872	506	−7.2%
1876	497	−1.8%
1881	530	+6.6%
1886	552	+4.2%
1891	514	−6.9%
1896	502	−2.3%
1901	507	+1.0%
1906	514	+1.4%
1911	518	+0.8%
1921	461	−11.0%
1926	427	−7.4%
1931	445	+4.2%
1936	439	−1.3%
1946	367	−16.4%
1954	350	−4.6%
1962	320	−8.6%
1968	303	−5.3%
1975	267	−11.9%
1982	250	−6.4%
1990	241	−3.6%
1999	237	−1.7%
2009	234	−1.3%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

• INSEE