La Guerche
La Guerche is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
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Location of La Guerche 
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| 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 (2001–2008) | Franck Hidalgo |
| Area 1 | 5.27 km2 (2.03 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 180 |
| • Density | 34/km2 (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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
People from La Guerche are called Guerchois.
| Historical population | ||
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| 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% |
| 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.
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