Saint-Jacques-des-Guérets

Saint-Jacques-des-Guérets is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France.

Saint-Jacques-des-Guérets
Commune
The interior of the church in Saint-Jacques-des-Guérets
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Jacques-des-Guérets
Saint-Jacques-des-Guérets Saint-Jacques-des-Guérets
Coordinates: 47°46′31″N 0°47′39″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Vendôme
Canton	Montoire-sur-le-Loir
Intercommunality	Pays de Ronsard
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Laurent Loyau
Area ^1	1.81 km^2 (0.70 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	91
• Density	50/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	41215 /41800
Elevation	60–67 m (197–220 ft) (avg. 65 m or 213 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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	153	—
1806	165	+7.8%
1821	162	−1.8%
1831	158	−2.5%
1841	139	−12.0%
1851	148	+6.5%
1861	144	−2.7%
1872	148	+2.8%
1881	129	−12.8%
1891	130	+0.8%
1901	130	+0.0%
1911	135	+3.8%
1921	117	−13.3%
1931	102	−12.8%
1946	121	+18.6%
1954	120	−0.8%
1962	133	+10.8%
1968	113	−15.0%
1975	106	−6.2%
1982	90	−15.1%
1990	76	−15.6%
1999	78	+2.6%
2004	81	+3.8%
2015	89	+9.9%

Sights

Lying on one of the traditional pilgrimage routes to Santiago da Compostella, across the river from the partly troglodyte hillside of Trôo, its small church of St. James the Great is celebrated for its Romanesque frescoes and western arch.

See also

• Trôo
• Bas-Vendômois
• Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department

References

• INSEE commune file

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