L'Île-Bouchard
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The church of Saint-Gilles, in L'Ile-Bouchard, in the snow | ||
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  L'Île-Bouchard | ||
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Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  L'Île-Bouchard | ||
| Coordinates: 47°07′15″N 0°25′32″E / 47.1208°N 0.4256°ECoordinates: 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 | L'Île-Bouchard | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Luc Dupont | |
| Area1 | 3.48 km2 (1.34 sq mi) | |
| Population (2009)2 | 1,754 | |
| • Density | 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 37119 / 37220 | |
| Elevation | 33–65 m (108–213 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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L'Île-Bouchard 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.[1]
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 439 | — |
| 1800 | 853 | +94.3% |
| 1806 | 754 | −11.6% |
| 1821 | 799 | +6.0% |
| 1831 | 861 | +7.8% |
| 1836 | 1,804 | +109.5% |
| 1841 | 1,708 | −5.3% |
| 1846 | 1,650 | −3.4% |
| 1851 | 1,636 | −0.8% |
| 1856 | 1,593 | −2.6% |
| 1861 | 1,569 | −1.5% |
| 1866 | 1,595 | +1.7% |
| 1872 | 1,452 | −9.0% |
| 1876 | 1,393 | −4.1% |
| 1881 | 1,514 | +8.7% |
| 1886 | 1,436 | −5.2% |
| 1891 | 1,426 | −0.7% |
| 1896 | 1,466 | +2.8% |
| 1901 | 1,437 | −2.0% |
| 1906 | 1,449 | +0.8% |
| 1911 | 1,367 | −5.7% |
| 1921 | 1,245 | −8.9% |
| 1926 | 1,148 | −7.8% |
| 1931 | 1,190 | +3.7% |
| 1936 | 1,188 | −0.2% |
| 1946 | 1,255 | +5.6% |
| 1954 | 1,348 | +7.4% |
| 1962 | 1,315 | −2.4% |
| 1968 | 1,609 | +22.4% |
| 1975 | 1,762 | +9.5% |
| 1982 | 1,796 | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 1,800 | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 1,764 | −2.0% |
| 2006 | 1,745 | −1.1% |
| 2009 | 1,754 | +0.5% |
See also
References
- ↑ 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.
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