Chabris

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2020–2026) Fabrice Vaury^[1]Area41.22 km² (15.92 sq mi)Population2,764 • Density67/km² (170/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation72–134 m (236–440 ft)
(avg. 80 m or 260 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chabris (French pronunciation: [ʃabʁi]) is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Located at an important river crossing-place on the road from Valençay to Romorantin with a bridge since Roman times, Chabris was once the site of the ancient Bishop of Bourges's feudal fortress. Its church was built over the tomb of the 6th century hermit Saint Phalier. There is a twinning with Lonsee, in Germany.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,937 —     1800 1,923 −0.10% 1806 2,055 +1.11% 1821 2,236 +0.56% 1831 2,511 +1.17% 1836 2,563 +0.41% 1841 2,530 −0.26% 1846 2,781 +1.91% 1851 2,872 +0.65% 1856 2,958 +0.59% 1861 3,030 +0.48% 1866 3,111 +0.53% 1872 3,116 +0.03% 1876 3,044 −0.58% 1881 3,043 −0.01% 1886 3,026 −0.11% 1891 2,927 −0.66% 1896 2,836 −0.63%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,780 −0.40% 1906 2,792 +0.09% 1911 2,737 −0.40% 1921 2,552 −0.70% 1926 2,441 −0.89% 1931 2,372 −0.57% 1936 2,437 +0.54% 1946 2,385 −0.22% 1954 2,358 −0.14% 1962 2,391 +0.17% 1968 2,493 +0.70% 1975 2,493 +0.00% 1982 2,589 +0.54% 1990 2,672 +0.40% 1999 2,652 −0.08% 2007 2,749 +0.45% 2012 2,759 +0.07% 2017 2,750 −0.07%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Personalities

• Luc Montagnier was born in Chabris on 18 August 1932, French virologist and co-recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of HIV.

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References