Luant

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Luant

Total population

1,565

Elevation129 m

Land area31.06 km²

Coordinates46.73°, 1.56°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Luant 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.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Gérard Labrune

economist

Antony Ratier

French politician (1851-1934)

A

Alfred Moroux

French politician (1849–1906)

A

Auguste Chantraine

B

Bernard Pousset

French politician

E

Ernest Mingasson

French politician

H

Henri Cosnier

French politician (1869–1932)

J

Jean-Alexis Moreau

French politician (1801–1889)

Jean-Pierre Blanchard

French painter

L

Léon Clément

French politician (1829-1894)

P

Pascal Pauvrehomme

French politician

P

Paul Gibaud

French trade unionist (1883–1955)

R

Raymond Dauthy

French politician

Raymond Rollinat

French zoologist (1859–1931)

Y

Yves Boisseau

French politician

Alfred Leconte

French politician and poet (1824-1905)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Centre-Val de Loire

• La Pérouille
  2.9 mi away · pop. 448
• Velles
  5.3 mi away · pop. 974
• Saint-Maur
  6.3 mi away · pop. 3,641
• Méobecq
  6.9 mi away · pop. 370
• La Chapelle-Orthemale
  9 mi away · pop. 96
• Bouesse
  10.2 mi away · pop. 394
• Vendœuvres
  10.7 mi away · pop. 1,080
• Le Pêchereau
  10.8 mi away · pop. 1,817
• Chezelles
  10.8 mi away · pop. 447
• Migné
  11.4 mi away · pop. 243
• Malicornay
  11.7 mi away · pop. 191
• Saint-Lactencin
  11.8 mi away · pop. 402

Browse all places in Centre-Val de Loire →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Common Brimstone

Gonepteryx rhamni

Seen 2026-06-14

Eurasian White Admiral

Limenitis camilla

Seen 2026-06-14

Labyrinth spider

Agelena labyrinthica

Seen 2026-06-14

European Stag Beetle

Lucanus cervus

Seen 2026-06-14

Clouded Border

Lomaspilis marginata

Seen 2026-06-14

Spongy Moth

Lymantria dispar

Seen 2026-06-14

Grass Emerald

Pseudoterpna pruinata

Seen 2026-06-14

Black Arches

Lymantria monacha

Seen 2026-06-13

Moorish Gecko

Tarentola mauritanica

Seen 2026-06-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

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