Oulches

Oulches
The church in the distance
Oulches
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Oulches
Coordinates: 46°36′58″N 1°17′53″E / 46.6161°N 1.2981°ECoordinates: 46°36′58″N 1°17′53″E / 46.6161°N 1.2981°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Le Blanc
Canton	Saint-Gaultier
Intercommunality	Brenne Val de Creuse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Mériot
Area^1	43.36 km^2 (16.74 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	416
• Density	9.6/km^2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	36148 / 36800
Elevation	84–163 m (276–535 ft) (avg. 125 m or 410 ft)
^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.

Oulches is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Geography

The commune is located in the parc naturel régional de la Brenne.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	298	—
1800	319	+7.0%
1806	330	+3.4%
1821	393	+19.1%
1831	989	+151.7%
1836	1,089	+10.1%
1841	1,026	−5.8%
1846	1,131	+10.2%
1851	1,141	+0.9%
1856	1,193	+4.6%
1861	1,181	−1.0%
1866	1,182	+0.1%
1872	1,228	+3.9%
1876	1,227	−0.1%
1881	1,253	+2.1%
1886	1,304	+4.1%
1891	1,260	−3.4%
1896	1,289	+2.3%
1901	1,254	−2.7%
1906	1,233	−1.7%
1911	1,168	−5.3%
1921	966	−17.3%
1926	984	+1.9%
1931	800	−18.7%
1936	730	−8.8%
1946	775	+6.2%
1954	714	−7.9%
1962	678	−5.0%
1968	676	−0.3%
1975	589	−12.9%
1982	566	−3.9%
1990	528	−6.7%
1999	374	−29.2%
2009	416	+11.2%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

• INSEE