La Crèche | |
|---|---|
 Town hall of La Crèche | |
 Location of La Crèche | |
  La Crèche  La Crèche | |
| Coordinates: 46°21′42″N 0°17′56″W / 46.3617°N 0.2989°W / 46.3617; -0.2989 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres |
| Arrondissement | Niort |
| Canton | Saint-Maixent-l'École |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Laetitia Hamot[1] |
Area 1 | 34.5 km2 (13.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 5,662 |
| • Density | 164/km2 (425/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 79048 /79260 |
| Elevation | 35–127 m (115–417 ft) (avg. 67 m or 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 Crèche (French pronunciation: [la kʁɛʃ]) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. It was created in 1965 by the merger of two former communes: Breloux-la-Crèche and Chavagne.[3]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 2,806 | — |
| 1975 | 3,181 | +1.81% |
| 1982 | 4,213 | +4.10% |
| 1990 | 4,467 | +0.73% |
| 1999 | 4,684 | +0.53% |
| 2007 | 5,374 | +1.73% |
| 2012 | 5,475 | +0.37% |
| 2017 | 5,635 | +0.58% |
| 2023 | 5,662 | +0.08% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
People from La Crèche
- Jean-Baptiste Baujault, sculptor
- Anne Simon (comics) (born 1980), author and illustrator
See also
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- Décret du 17 septembre 1965 portant fusion des communes de Breloux-la-Crèche (1er canton de Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole, arrondissement de Niort, département des Deux-Sèvres) et de Chavagne (2e canton de Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole, mêmes arrondissement et département)., Journal officiel de la République française n° 0220, 22 September 1965, p. 8413.
- Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
External links
Media related to La Crèche at Wikimedia Commons
