L'Île-Bouchard | |
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![]() The church of Saint-Gilles, in L'Ile-Bouchard, in the snow | |
Coordinates: 47°07′15″N 0°25′32″E / 47.1208°N 0.4256°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
Department | Indre-et-Loire |
Arrondissement | Chinon |
Canton | Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Nathalie Vigneau[1] |
Area 1 | 3.48 km2 (1.34 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,573 |
• Density | 450/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 37119 /37220 |
Elevation | 33–65 m (108–213 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
L'Île-Bouchard (French pronunciation: [lil buʃaʁ] ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
From 8 to 14 December 1947, L'Île-Bouchard was the site of Marian apparitions. Four girls aged 7 to 12 reported having seen the Virgin Mary and the archangel Gabriel. The site was declared an official pilgrimage of the diocese of Tours on 8 December 2001 by the archbishop Monseigneur André Vingt-Trois. Since 1999, priests and lay persons from Emmanuel Community have been in charge of the pilgrims.[3]
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,645 | — |
1975 | 1,762 | +0.99% |
1982 | 1,796 | +0.27% |
1990 | 1,800 | +0.03% |
1999 | 1,764 | −0.22% |
2007 | 1,740 | −0.17% |
2012 | 1,655 | −1.00% |
2017 | 1,553 | −1.26% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Bernard Peyrous, Les événements de l'Ile Bouchard. Editions de l'Emmanuel, Paris, 1997 ; Elisabeth Baranger et Bernard Peyrous, Les apparitions de l'Ile Bouchard, Documents authentiques. Editions de l'Emmanuel, Paris, 2002.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE