La Guerche
La Guerche | |
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Location of La Guerche  | |
  La Guerche  La Guerche | |
| Coordinates: 46°53′09″N 0°43′54″E / 46.8858°N 0.7317°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Loches |
| Canton | Descartes |
| Intercommunality | CC Loches Sud Touraine |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Franck Hidalgo[1] |
| Area 1 | 5.27 km2 (2.03 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 175 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (86/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 37114 /37350 |
| Elevation | 43–67 m (141–220 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Guerche (French pronunciation: [la ɡɛʁʃ] ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 295 | — |
| 1975 | 258 | −1.90% |
| 1982 | 265 | +0.38% |
| 1990 | 237 | −1.39% |
| 1999 | 229 | −0.38% |
| 2007 | 213 | −0.90% |
| 2012 | 189 | −2.36% |
| 2017 | 180 | −0.97% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
People from La Guerche are called Guerchois in French.
Popular culture
[edit]Louis Amédée Achard, an author created a character called Monsieur of La Guerche, who was the titular protagonist of Les chevauchées de M. de la Guerche.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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