Oulches

Oulches is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Oulches
Commune
The church in the distance
Location of Oulches
Oulches Oulches
Coordinates: 46°36′58″N 1°17′53″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Le Blanc
Canton	Saint-Gaultier
Intercommunality	Brenne Val de Creuse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Mériot
Area ^1	43.36 km^2 (16.74 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	409
• Density	9.4/km^2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	36148 /36800
Elevation	84–163 m (276–535 ft) (avg. 125 m or 410 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The commune is located in the parc naturel régional de la Brenne.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 298 —     1800 319 +7.0% 1806 330 +3.4% 1821 393 +19.1% 1831 989 +151.7% 1836 1,089 +10.1% 1841 1,026 −5.8% 1846 1,131 +10.2% 1851 1,141 +0.9% 1856 1,193 +4.6% 1861 1,181 −1.0% 1866 1,182 +0.1% 1872 1,228 +3.9% 1876 1,227 −0.1% 1881 1,253 +2.1% 1886 1,304 +4.1% 1891 1,260 −3.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 1,289 +2.3% 1901 1,254 −2.7% 1906 1,233 −1.7% 1911 1,168 −5.3% 1921 966 −17.3% 1926 984 +1.9% 1931 800 −18.7% 1936 730 −8.8% 1946 775 +6.2% 1954 714 −7.9% 1962 678 −5.0% 1968 676 −0.3% 1975 589 −12.9% 1982 566 −3.9% 1990 528 −6.7% 1999 374 −29.2% 2009 416 +11.2%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.