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La Riche
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commune in Indre-et-Loire, France
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La Riche is a commune in France, situated within the Indre-et-Loire department and the arrondissement of Tours. It lies in the Centre-Val de Loire region and borders the communes of Fondettes, Ballan-Miré, Joué-lès-Tours, and Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. The area covers 8.17 square kilometers and sits at an elevation of 51 meters above sea level. The Loire and Cher rivers are located next to the commune.
The population of La Riche is 10,543, comprising 4,748 males and 5,700 females. The postal code for the area is 37520. La Riche is twinned with Estarreja. Its official name is La Riche, with historical names including La Riche-Extra and La Varenne-de-la-Riche. The associated electoral district is the canton of Ballan-Miré.
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- Locality
- La Riche
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 8,934
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Department
- Indre-et-Loire
- Arrondissement
- Tours
- Canton
- Ballan-Miré
- Intercommunality
- Tours Métropole Val de Loire
- Mayor 2023 2026
- Sébastien Clement
- Area
- 8.17 km (3.15 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 10,487
- Density
- 1,280/km (3,320/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)
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Encyclopedic overview
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 and is named after Notre-Dame-la-Riche Church.
Population
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Riche” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.