Chaillac
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Chaillac
|commune status = Commune
|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Chaillac (36).svg
|arrondissement = Le Blanc
|canton = Saint-Gaultier
|image = Chaillac (Indre).JPG
|caption = The place du Bosquet
|INSEE = 36035
|postal code = 36310
|term = 2023–2026
|intercommunality =
|coordinates = {{coord|46.4353|1.2997|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 196
|elevation min m = 122
|elevation max m = 253
|area km2 = 59.79
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Chaillac ({{IPA|fr|ʃajak|-|Fr-Paris--Chaillac.ogg}}; 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.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. 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.Berry médiéval, p. 54.
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-36035#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |1358
|1975 |1253
|1982 |1149
|1990 |1246
|1999 |1170
|2009 |1136
|2014 |1088
|2020 |1068
}}
See also
- Communes of the Indre department
- Rochechouart impact structure
- Saint-Benoît-du-Sault
- Château de Brosse
File:Barite-Fluorite-Pyromorphite-4zpy38a.jpg (green) and Fluorite (yellow) on Barite, Chaillac Mine.]]
References
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