La Crèche

La Crèche
Commune
Town hall of La Crèche
Location of La Crèche
La Crèche Show map of France La Crèche Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 46°21′42″N 0°17′56″W
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 km^2 (13.3 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	5,732
• Density	170/km^2 (430/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 km^2 (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.

Population

Historical 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%
Source: INSEE[3]

People from La Crèche

• Jean-Baptiste Baujault, sculptor
• Anne Simon (comics) (born 1980), author and illustrator

See also

• Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Media related to La Crèche at Wikimedia Commons