Luant

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Location of Luant

(2020–2026) Didier Duvergne^[1]Area

31.06 km² (11.99 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,565 • Density50/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

36101 /36350

Elevation129–181 m (423–594 ft)
(avg. 140 m or 460 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Luant (French pronunciation: [lɥɑ̃] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Indre department in central France. The writer Raymonde Vincent (1908–1985), winner of the Prix Femina in 1937 was born in Luant.

Geography

The commune is located in the parc naturel régional de la Brenne.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	772	—
1975	832	+1.07%
1982	1,029	+3.08%
1990	1,241	+2.37%
1999	1,280	+0.34%
2009	1,365	+0.65%
2014	1,468	+1.47%
2020	1,544	+0.84%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE