Poulaines, France

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Poulaines

(2020–2026) Yves Cron^[1]Area

46.32 km² (17.88 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

817 • Density18/km² (46/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

36162 /36210

Elevation87–156 m (285–512 ft)
(avg. 110 m or 360 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Poulaines is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Its coat of arms shows a poulaine, the pointy-toed shoe fashionable in the 1300–1400 in European fashion and 15th centuries.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,167	—
1975	1,045	−1.57%
1982	926	−1.71%
1990	911	−0.20%
1999	838	−0.92%
2009	869	+0.36%
2014	919	+1.13%
2020	817	−1.94%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE