La Guerche

La Guerche

Chateau

Coat of arms
La Guerche

Coordinates: 46°53′09″N 0°43′54″E / 46.8858°N 0.7317°E / 46.8858; 0.7317Coordinates: 46°53′09″N 0°43′54″E / 46.8858°N 0.7317°E / 46.8858; 0.7317
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement Loches
Canton Le Grand-Pressigny
Government
  Mayor (20012008) Franck Hidalgo
Area1 5.27 km2 (2.03 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 206
  Density 39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

La Guerche is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

Population

People from La Guerche are called Guerchois.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793593    
1800489−17.5%
1806487−0.4%
1821550+12.9%
1831540−1.8%
1836544+0.7%
1841542−0.4%
1846545+0.6%
1851526−3.5%
1856528+0.4%
1861513−2.8%
1866518+1.0%
1872447−13.7%
1876464+3.8%
1881459−1.1%
1886486+5.9%
1891446−8.2%
1896400−10.3%
1901360−10.0%
1906360+0.0%
1911373+3.6%
1921342−8.3%
1926326−4.7%
1931341+4.6%
1936330−3.2%
1946312−5.5%
1954309−1.0%
1962302−2.3%
1968295−2.3%
1975258−12.5%
1982265+2.7%
1990237−10.6%
1999229−3.4%
2006213−7.0%
2009206−3.3%


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

References

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