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La Crèche

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La Crèche

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commune in Deux-Sèvres, France

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La Crèche is a commune in France, situated within the Deux-Sèvres department and the arrondissement of Niort. It lies in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and is part of the canton of Saint-Maixent-l'École-1. The municipality shares borders with Azay-le-Brûlé, Chauray, Cherveux, and François. Its official postal code is 79260, and it covers an area of 34.5 square kilometers.

The population of La Crèche is recorded as 5,820, comprising 2,705 males and 2,930 females. Another source lists the population as 4,883. The commune has an elevation above sea level of 127 meters, while another record indicates an elevation of 43 meters. It operates under the Europe/Paris timezone.

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Place details

Locality
Ruffigny
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Population
4,883
Timezone
Europe/Paris

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Air quality

51US AQIModerate
PM2.5
10.3 µg/m³
PM10
16.9 µg/m³
As of 2026-08-14 07:00 · Open-Meteo

Key facts

Country
France
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department
Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement
Niort
Canton
Saint-Maixent-l'École
Mayor 2020 2026
Laetitia Hamot
Area
34.5 km (13.3 sq mi)
Population 2023
5,662
Density
164/km (425/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)

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Encyclopedic overview

La Crèche ( French pronunciation: [la kʁɛʃ]) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. It was created in 1965 by the merger of two former communes: Breloux-la-Crèche and Chavagne.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Crèche” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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