Le Blanc
Le Blanc | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
 Château de Naillac | |
.svg.png) Coat of arms | |
Location of Le Blanc | |
  Le Blanc  Le Blanc | |
| Coordinates: 46°38′04″N 1°03′49″E / 46.6344°N 1.0636°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Indre |
| Arrondissement | Le Blanc |
| Canton | Le Blanc |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Gilles Lherpiniere[1] |
Area 1 | 57.61 km2 (22.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 6,188 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Blancois.e |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 36018 /36300 |
| Elevation | 72–140 m (236–459 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Le Blanc (French pronunciation: [lə blɑ̃] ⓘ; Occitan: Lo Blanc; Latin: Oblincum Cuborum) is a commune and a subprefecture of the department of Indre, and the region of Centre-Val de Loire, central France.
Geography
Le Blanc is the main city of the Parc naturel régional de la Brenne, on the banks of the river Creuse.
History
Le Blanc, which is identified with the Roman Oblincum, was in the middle ages a lordship belonging to the house of Naillac and a frontier fortress of the province of Berry.[3]
Population
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| Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2017)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buildings
The church of St Génitour dates from the 12th, 13th and 15th centuries. There is an old castle restored in the 19th century.[3]
Facilities
Near Le Blanc, there is a VLF-transmitter of French Navy. It transmits messages on 18.3 kHz and 21.7 kHz to submerged submarines [6]
Climate
| Climate data for Le Blanc (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1947–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) |
26.0 (78.8) |
27.8 (82.0) |
32.0 (89.6) |
34.6 (94.3) |
41.2 (106.2) |
43.3 (109.9) |
43.7 (110.7) |
38.9 (102.0) |
33.1 (91.6) |
24.8 (76.6) |
21.0 (69.8) |
43.7 (110.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) |
10.1 (50.2) |
14.2 (57.6) |
17.5 (63.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.6 (81.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
18.2 (64.8) |
12.4 (54.3) |
9.0 (48.2) |
17.9 (64.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) |
6.0 (42.8) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.8 (53.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
19.1 (66.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.1 (70.0) |
17.3 (63.1) |
13.6 (56.5) |
8.8 (47.8) |
5.9 (42.6) |
12.9 (55.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
4.1 (39.4) |
6.1 (43.0) |
9.6 (49.3) |
13.1 (55.6) |
14.7 (58.5) |
14.5 (58.1) |
11.2 (52.2) |
9.0 (48.2) |
5.2 (41.4) |
2.9 (37.2) |
7.9 (46.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.4 (−1.1) |
−18.0 (−0.4) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
3.0 (37.4) |
3.8 (38.8) |
3.8 (38.8) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
−18.4 (−1.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 68.3 (2.69) |
53.8 (2.12) |
56.0 (2.20) |
60.8 (2.39) |
74.7 (2.94) |
61.6 (2.43) |
51.3 (2.02) |
54.3 (2.14) |
57.8 (2.28) |
78.1 (3.07) |
79.2 (3.12) |
80.5 (3.17) |
776.4 (30.57) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.4 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 11.0 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 120.1 |
| Source: Meteociel[7] | |||||||||||||
See also
- Saint-Benoît-du-Sault
- Communes of the Indre department
- Marcel Gaumont. Sculptor of war memorial
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ a b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Le Blanc". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 351.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Blanc, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ RDF_project Archived 2007-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Normales et records pour Le Blanc (36)". Meteociel. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
External links
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