Clion, Indre

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2020–2026) Béatrice Le Gloannec^[1]Area33.53 km² (12.95 sq mi)Population999 • Density30/km² (77/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation86–153 m (282–502 ft)
(avg. 108 m or 354 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Clion (French pronunciation: [klijɔ̃] ^ⓘ), also referred as Clion-sur-Indre, is a commune in the Indre department, central France. It was known in the Roman period as Claudiomagus.^[3]

It is situated 38 km (24 mi) northwest of Châteauroux, the nearest large city. The Indre and Ozance rivers flow through the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,561	—
1975	1,448	−1.07%
1982	1,387	−0.61%
1990	1,243	−1.36%
1999	1,156	−0.80%
2009	1,123	−0.29%
2014	1,086	−0.67%
2020	996	−1.43%
Source: INSEE[4]

Residents are known as Clionnais in French.

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References