La Crèche

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Location of La Crèche

(2020–2026) Laetitia Hamot^[1]Area

34.5 km² (13.3 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,732 • Density170/km² (430/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

79048 /79260

Elevation35–127 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.

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, French sculptor

References

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