Orsennes

Orsennes
The town hall in Orsennes The town hall in Orsennes
Orsennes
Location within Centre region Orsennes
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	La Châtre
Canton	Aigurande
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Hervé Grandhomme
Area1	49.28 km2 (19.03 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	801
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	36146 / 36190
Elevation	209–376 m (686–1,234 ft) (avg. 289 m or 948 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Orsennes is a town and commune in the Indre department in central France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,609	—
1800	1,287	−20.0%
1806	1,350	+4.9%
1821	1,417	+5.0%
1831	1,702	+20.1%
1836	1,744	+2.5%
1841	1,664	−4.6%
1846	1,845	+10.9%
1851	1,854	+0.5%
1856	1,895	+2.2%
1861	1,823	−3.8%
1866	1,890	+3.7%
1872	1,915	+1.3%
1876	2,028	+5.9%
1881	2,136	+5.3%
1886	2,255	+5.6%
1891	2,295	+1.8%
1896	2,302	+0.3%
1901	2,218	−3.6%
1906	2,268	+2.3%
1911	2,377	+4.8%
1921	2,014	−15.3%
1926	2,039	+1.2%
1931	1,964	−3.7%
1936	1,902	−3.2%
1946	1,632	−14.2%
1954	1,520	−6.9%
1962	1,446	−4.9%
1968	1,372	−5.1%
1975	1,185	−13.6%
1982	1,015	−14.3%
1990	913	−10.0%
1999	790	−13.5%
2009	801	+1.4%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

• INSEE