La Belle France has had a habit of realigning the boundaries of its “departements” (sorry, too complicated to use accents on my keyboard) over the years. Could this be the case here Froggy?
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No realignment in this case! The département de l’Indre (Châteauroux) is 150 kms South-West from the Nièvre. English Counties as as mysterious for us French, if not even more… 
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And for me! I still refer to counties that do not exist anymore…