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Welcome to FrenchEntrée-Indre.com. This is the site for property, life and holidays in the Indre. We aim to provide a comprehensive source of information for the Indre, department 36, in the Centre region of France. So if you're thinking of buying a house in the Indre, or you already live here, or perhaps you're planning to holiday in the region, then you've come to the right place. Our aim is to provide comprehensive information about buying property in the Indre, life in the Indre, Tourism , Food and Drink , Local News and Events & Activities in the area. We also feature information about Local services and real life stories from people who live in the region.

Looking for somewhere to stay in the Indre?

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Smallholdings is back!

Geese at Bois de Grammont
The Smallholdings section of FrenchEntrée is back with a new editor. Steve Hanson and his wife Fiona have a small farm in the Indre and provide all sorts of advice and encouragement to anyone thinking of setting up with a few animals. Read more here Smallholdings

FrenchEntrée Indre Directory

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Looking to buy a restaurant or B&B?

Profitable auberge with chambres d'hotes

Auberge Pont des Piles Eguzon
This attractive hotel/restaurant, rated Logis de France 2 chimneys and offering 7 chambres d'hotes, is situated in the beautiful tourist area of Eguzon, 5km from Lake Chambon and has the added bonus of a popular restaurant with stunning more...

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Are you moving to the Indre?

Star in your own Good Life!

Black chickens
Touch Productions are still looking for people who are moving to France to take part in a proposed TV programme! If you are planning a "greener" life in the Indre, buying a barn or looking for a house to renovate using ecologically friendly materials, contact... more...

Weather & Climate

Check out the weather in your part of the Indre

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Your Michelin road guide

Start planning your trip to the Indre

For Michelin maps, guides, road planner, hotels and restaurants click hereMichelin route finder

FrenchEntrée-Indre

Your guide to property, holidays and living in the Indre

Known as Hidden France, the Indre, in Department 36, forms part of the old “Berry” region with Cher. It is a lesser known but charming area situated between the Loire Valley and the Massif Central. Containing two of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France - Saint Benôit du Sault and Gargilesse, it is bordered by the Creuse, Haute Vienne, Indre et Loire, Cher et Loir and the Vienne.
FrenchEntrée-Indre provides information on holidays in the Indre, property and living in the Indre.
Waterlily lake IndreA beautiful Berrichon cottageIssoudun white towerColza field Reuilly
FrenchEntrée-Indre will also provide you with all the tourist sites to visit. Click on the family section to find useful information on schools, work and running a household in the Indre, whet your appetite in the food and drink section and find your dream home in the property section. For all those essential day to day contacts, builders, artisans etc, visit the directory. Finally, read real-life stories from people who have taken the plunge and now live here in the Indre.

Tax relief on mortgage interest

New government acts

House icon smallNicolas Sarkosy's government minister,Eric Woerth, recently announced that tax relief on mortgage interest would be introduced throughout France as promised by his party if they won the election. ... more...

The Sud Boischaut

St Benoit du Sault

St Benoit du Sault Indre from the bridge Classified as one of Les Plus Beaux Villages in 1988, St Benoit du Sault is one of only two with such an accolade in the Indre, the other being George Sand's Gargilesse... more...

A family party - and the neighbours came too!

A real celebration in the Indre

Family party at BonnuA contributor's story..........
Following the birth of our Grandson Samuel William on the 16th of May at Le Blanc hospital, and co-inciding with my wife Linda’s birthday, I decided to organise a surprise party and invited English friends who either... more...

Barnstorming Brits - the sequel

FrenchEntree Indre finds out how they are getting on

Glyn Shakespeare at the start of his conversion When FrenchEntrée Indre visited Glyn Shakespeare in July 2006, his barn renovation near St Benoit du Sault had only just started and it was hard to visualise the confortable home he was hoping to achieve... more...

Credit Agricole: a bank but also an insurance broker

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Credit AgricoleCredit Agricole is one of the largest insurance providers in France thanks to its insurance broker company Pacifica.... more...

Fishing in the Indre for 2007

Make sure you get your Carte de Peche

Trout river, Indre This year there is a new Federation Nationale pour la Peche in France, which will turn it into more of a public utility. There has been a restructuring of the organisation, with a new type of fishing card ... more...

French Entree interviews the Mayor, who tells us..

Why people come to live in Chaillac!

Mayor of Chaillac Gerard MayaudLegend has it that there are 50 English families living in the small village of Chaillac, so French Entrée Indre set out to find out if it is really true, ... more...

New law for property vendors

Energy surveys required from November 2006

Log fire energy efficiency IndreFrom Nov 1st 2006 anyone selling a home in France now has to have it tested for energy efficiency.

From 1 November 2006 a "diagnostic de performance énergétique" (DPE) has to be carried out on the property. The results are then provided to the purchaser when the compromis de vente... more...

So just where is the Indre?

Find us in the Centre of France, south of the Loire Valley

Fishing in a lake in the Indre I'm sure that there are many enlightened ones amongst you who have driven through the beautiful Indre, maybe on your way to the South of France. And if you have stopped and found its hidden delights, I hope you're spreading the word amongst your friends. However, if you haven't found the Indre yet... more...

The Indre - some facts and figures

Geography and economy of the Indre

Bocage from Chateau GuillaumeThe Indre is in the south of the Centre region, and extends over the low plateaux which form the heart of the Berry – Champagne, Berrichonne, Boischaut North, Boischaut South and the Brenne.
The major rivers are the Indre and the Creuse, but... more...

How to register for work in the Indre

ANPE, Assidic and other services to help you

Butcher If you've ever registered for work through Job Centre Plus or the Department for Work and Pensions in the UK, you will find the French system runs on similar lines. The big difference, of course is the language - the Indre is not geared to any language other than... more...

France Telecom offers help in English

It's for you... getting connected in the Indre

installing a phone in the IndreFrance Telecom, which offers services similar to BT in the UK, now has an English language website. There is also an English speaking helpline which opens from 9 to 5 Monday to Friday.
The services offered include ... more...

The Indre river - a tributary of the Loire

Follow the Indre and its towns


A trout river in the IndreThe Indre, the most southerly department of the Centre-Val-de-Loire region of France, takes its name from the river which is a left-bank tributary of the Loire River. Rising north of the Massif Central, the Indre flows 165 miles (265 km) northwestward through the Indre and... more...

Build a new home in the Indre

New build property in the Berry region


New build property Indre et LoireThe British, much to the bafflement and amusement of the French, have long been busy buying up old stone houses and barns for total renovation or modernisation, attracted by the character, charm and, of course the prices of... more...

The French postal service

Reorganisation on the way in the Indre?

French postmanLike its counterpart, Royal Mail, in the UK, the French postal service, La Poste, is to undergo modernisation. The reorganisation in the Centre region will affect the Cher, the Indre and the Nievre areas, with an investment of 180 million euros.
Currently, 77% of mail is delivered the following day, but the target for 2010 is ... more...

Hold your horses!

Even ambulances can't speed in the Indre

French motorcycle ambulance WWI The Nouvelle Republic, the local newspaper for the Indre-Berry area, tells a cautionary tale this week of over-zealous gendarmes who stopped an ambulance for speeding.

The ambulance had been taking a sick person from Chateauroux to... more...

You can't just get in a boat and go!

Sailing on Lake Eguzon - a reader's advice

Eguzon sailingJohn Southworth and his wife Linda live in a house on the edge of the beautiful Lake Eguzon. Wanting to take advantage of living near the water, they bought a boat earlier this year.
Coming from the UK, where rules on boating on inland waterways are minimal, they thought they would just be able to launch their boat and enjoy their days out... more...

The Indre is designated a High Quality Environment

Our department offers quality of life, leisure and work

The Indre coat of armsLouis Pinton, President of the Conseil General of the Indre, said recently that the Indre was a department of High Environmental Quality, an accolade which is normally given in the construction trade, but which could equally well be ... more...

Driving in the Indre

Keeping on the right side of the law - and the Indre roads

Loire Valley streetsIf you've come from the South Coast of England, or from a large town in the British Isles, driving in the Indre is going to be a pleasant change from grinding volumes of traffic and parking problems you may have... more...

Watch the big birdie

The Airbus 380 makes its debut at Chateauroux

The Airbus 380Marcel-Dassault airport, at Chateauroux in the Indre, has seen all sorts of planes in its time, including the Mirage fighter and the Transall which took provisions to French troops in Afghanistan.............
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