Vatan, Indre

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Vatan

(2020–2026) Philippe Metivier^[1]Area

29.8 km² (11.5 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,926 • Density65/km² (170/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

36230 /36150

Elevation118–201 m (387–659 ft)
(avg. 132 m or 433 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vatan is a French commune in the Indre department in Centre-Val de Loire region.^[3] The town has been labeled Village étape since 1997 and Ville fleurie with 2 flowers.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,194	—
1975	2,270	+0.49%
1982	2,046	−1.47%
1990	2,022	−0.15%
1999	1,972	−0.28%
2009	2,059	+0.43%
2014	2,038	−0.20%
2020	1,935	−0.86%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE