La Guerche

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

La Guerche
Commune
Chateau
Coat of arms
Location of La Guerche
La Guerche La Guerche
Coordinates: 46°53′09″N 0°43′54″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 km^2 (2.03 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	180
• Density	34/km^2 (88/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

People from La Guerche are called Guerchois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 593 —     1800 489 −17.5% 1806 487 −0.4% 1821 550 +12.9% 1831 540 −1.8% 1836 544 +0.7% 1841 542 −0.4% 1846 545 +0.6% 1851 526 −3.5% 1856 528 +0.4% 1861 513 −2.8% 1866 518 +1.0% 1872 447 −13.7% 1876 464 +3.8% 1881 459 −1.1% 1886 486 +5.9% 1891 446 −8.2% 1896 400 −10.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 360 −10.0% 1906 360 +0.0% 1911 373 +3.6% 1921 342 −8.3% 1926 326 −4.7% 1931 341 +4.6% 1936 330 −3.2% 1946 312 −5.5% 1954 309 −1.0% 1962 302 −2.3% 1968 295 −2.3% 1975 258 −12.5% 1982 265 +2.7% 1990 237 −10.6% 1999 229 −3.4% 2006 213 −7.0% 2009 206 −3.3%

Popular culture

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

• Château de la Guerche
• House of Rougé
• Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

• Website of the Château de la Guerche