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Vatan is a commune in France, situated within the canton of Vatan, the arrondissement of Issoudun, and the Indre department. It serves as the capital of the canton of Vatan and is located in the Centre-Val de Loire region. The municipality has an area of 29.8 square kilometers and shares borders with La Chapelle-Saint-Laurian, Giroux, Liniez, and Ménétréols-sous-Vatan.
The population of Vatan is recorded as 2,270, comprising 945 males and 1,043 females. The postal code for the area is 36150. Elevation data varies, with figures listed at 201 meters and 129 meters above sea level. The official name of the commune is Vatan, and it is distinct from the location Watten.
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- Locality
- Vatan
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,970
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Department
- Indre
- Arrondissement
- Issoudun
- Canton
- Levroux
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Philippe Metivier
- Area
- 29.8 km (11.5 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 1,994
- Density
- 66.9/km (173/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 36230 /36150
- Elevation
- 118–201 m (387–659 ft) , (avg. 132 m or 433 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Vatan
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Issoudun
- Population
- 1959
- Area
- 29.8
- Elevation
- 157
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- canton of Vatan
- Shares border with
- Saint-Florentin
- Official website
- www.vatan.fr/vivre_a_vatan.php
- Image
- France, Indre, Vatan (1).JPG
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- Commons category
- Vatan
- postal code
- 36150
- associated electoral district
- canton of Levroux
- male population
- 945
- female population
- 1043
- different from
- Watten
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-54-49-76-31
- fax number
- +33-2-54-49-93-72
- contact page URL
- www.vatan.fr/contact.php
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Encyclopedic overview
Vatan is a French commune in the Indre department in Centre-Val de Loire region. The town has been labeled Village étape since 1997 and Ville fleurie with 2 flowers.
Population
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vatan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.