La Crèche

La Crèche (French pronunciation: [la kʁɛʃ]) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

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 km2 (13.3 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	5,681
• Density	160/km2 (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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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