La Riche

La Riche
Commune
Château de Plessis-lez-Tours
Coat of arms
Location of La Riche
La Riche Show map of France La Riche Show map of Centre-Val de Loire
Coordinates: 47°23′24″N 0°39′41″E / 47.39°N 0.6614°E / 47.39; 0.6614
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Tours
Canton	Ballan-Miré
Intercommunality	Tours Métropole Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Sébastien Clement[1]
Area ^1	8.17 km^2 (3.15 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	10,349
• Density	1,270/km^2 (3,280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	37195 /37520
Elevation	43–51 m (141–167 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 Riche (French pronunciation: [la ʁiʃ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. It is part of the agglomeration of Tours.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,000 —     1800 856 −2.20% 1806 871 +0.29% 1821 1,011 +1.00% 1831 1,234 +2.01% 1836 1,131 −1.73% 1841 1,197 +1.14% 1846 1,233 +0.59% 1851 1,372 +2.16% 1856 1,508 +1.91% 1861 1,560 +0.68% 1866 1,568 +0.10% 1872 1,670 +1.06% 1876 1,829 +2.30% 1881 2,005 +1.85% 1886 2,160 +1.50% 1891 2,335 +1.57% 1896 2,317 −0.15% 1901 2,456 +1.17%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 2,419 −0.30% 1911 2,536 +0.95% 1921 2,730 +0.74% 1926 3,043 +2.19% 1931 3,415 +2.33% 1936 4,020 +3.32% 1946 4,045 +0.06% 1954 4,407 +1.08% 1962 6,324 +4.62% 1968 6,331 +0.02% 1975 6,670 +0.75% 1982 7,261 +1.22% 1990 7,838 +0.96% 1999 8,594 +1.03% 2007 9,990 +1.90% 2012 10,207 +0.43% 2017 10,448 +0.47% 2020 10,372 −0.24%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2017)[5]

See also

• Château de Plessis-lez-Tours
• Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. "Commune de La Riche (37195)". INSEE. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Riche, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE