La Guerche

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of La Guerche

(2020–2026) Franck Hidalgo^[1]Area

5.27 km² (2.03 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

175 • Density33/km² (86/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

37114 /37350

Elevation43–67 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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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

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.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE