Ardentes

Ardentes
Commune
The church and the Place de la République, in Ardentes
Coat of arms
Location of Ardentes
Ardentes Ardentes
Coordinates: 46°44′35″N 1°49′54″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Châteauroux
Canton	Ardentes
Intercommunality	CA Châteauroux Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gilles Caranton
Area 1	62.09 km2 (23.97 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	3,778
• Density	61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	36005 /36120
Elevation	150–208 m (492–682 ft) (avg. 163 m or 535 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ardentes (French pronunciation: [aʁdɑ̃t] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Indre department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. The archaeologist Jean Hubert (1902–1994) was born in Ardentes.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,056 —     1800 1,002 −0.75% 1806 909 −1.61% 1821 1,179 +1.75% 1831 1,144 −0.30% 1836 1,089 −0.98% 1841 2,162 +14.70% 1846 2,297 +1.22% 1851 2,480 +1.54% 1856 2,546 +0.53% 1861 2,561 +0.12% 1866 2,681 +0.92% 1872 2,449 −1.50% 1876 2,617 +1.67% 1881 2,682 +0.49% 1886 2,647 −0.26% 1891 2,677 +0.23% 1896 2,665 −0.09%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,655 −0.08% 1906 2,679 +0.18% 1911 2,725 +0.34% 1921 2,504 −0.84% 1926 2,327 −1.46% 1931 2,237 −0.79% 1936 2,247 +0.09% 1946 2,710 +1.89% 1954 2,725 +0.07% 1962 2,852 +0.57% 1968 2,720 −0.79% 1975 2,780 +0.31% 1982 3,269 +2.34% 1990 3,511 +0.90% 1999 3,323 −0.61% 2007 3,616 +1.06% 2012 3,799 +0.99% 2017 3,860 +0.32%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Indre department