Chaillac

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Chaillac

(2020–2026) Mathieu Moreaux^[1]Area

59.79 km² (23.09 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,049 • Density18/km² (45/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.

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

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
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,358	—
1975	1,253	−1.14%
1982	1,149	−1.23%
1990	1,246	+1.02%
1999	1,170	−0.70%
2009	1,136	−0.29%
2014	1,088	−0.86%
2020	1,068	−0.31%
Source: INSEE^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ 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.
^ Berry médiéval, p. 54.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE