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Flag of the General Council of Indre - Image by Ivan Sache, 30 September 2009
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Code: 36
Region: Centre
Traditional provinces: Berry,
Touraine,
Poitou,
Marche
Bordering departments: Cher,
Creuse,
Indre-et-Loire,
Loir-et-Cher,
Vienne,
Haute-Vienne
Area: 6,903 km2
Population (2009): 232,959 inhabitants
Préfecture:
Châteauroux
Sous-préfectures: Le Blanc, La Châtre,
Issoudun
Subdivisions: 4 arrondissements, 26 cantons, 247 communes.
The department is named after river Indre (265 km), tributary of the Loire.
Ivan Sache, 11 November 2009
A photo published in Le Berry Républicain on 7 August 2001 shows the flag of the General Council of Indre as white with the logo of the General Council.
The logo of the General Council of Indre, derived from a former logo,
is made of a blue rectangle charged with a white raptor and "INDRE" in
white letters. "CONSEIL GENERAL" is written in blue letters under the
rectangle.
The raptor is a Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus L.), locally known
as scarcelle (in usual French, crécerelle). The bird is represented on the logo in its specific flight behaviour, known as "Holy Spirit", as a reference to the Holy Spirit's Dove. This is a nearly stationary flight, the bird facing the wind with its spread tail and wings
forming a cross.
The bird most probably alludes to the region of Brenne, a flat area
made of moors and more than 2,000 ponds, listed as a "humid area of
international significance" by IUCN. More than 300 bird species can be
spotted there; 40 of them, including the kestrel, live there all the
year round.
Pascal Vagnat & Ivan Sache, 30 September 2009
