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La Crèche
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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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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.