Le Blanc

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Coordinates: 46°38′04″N 1°03′49″E / 46.6344444444, 1.06361111111

Commune of Le Blanc

Location
Le Blanc (France)
Le Blanc
Administration
Country France
Region Centre
Department Indre
(sous-préfecture)
Arrondissement Le Blanc
Canton Le Blanc
(chef-lieu)
Statistics
Elevation 72 m–140 m
(avg. 120 m)
Land area¹ 57.61 km²
Population²
(1999)
6,998
 - Density 121/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 36018/ 36300
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Le Blanc is a commune and a sous-préfecture in the Indre département of France.

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[edit] Geography

Le Blanc is the main city of the Parc naturel régional de la Brenne, on the banks of the Creuse River.

[edit] Facilities

Near Le Blanc, there is a VLF-transmitter of French Navy. It transmits messages on 18.3 kHz and 21.7 kHz to submerged submarines [1]

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