Bouges-le-Château

Bouges-le-Château is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Bouges-le-Château
Commune
The Château de Bouges
Location of Bouges-le-Château
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Coordinates: 47°02′25″N 1°40′27″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Châteauroux
Canton	Levroux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Brient
Area ^1	34.77 km^2 (13.42 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	266
• Density	7.7/km^2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	36023 /36110
Elevation	120–207 m (394–679 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 581 —     1800 600 +3.3% 1806 627 +4.5% 1821 691 +10.2% 1831 721 +4.3% 1836 736 +2.1% 1841 633 −14.0% 1846 680 +7.4% 1851 709 +4.3% 1856 964 +36.0% 1861 926 −3.9% 1866 1,023 +10.5% 1872 919 −10.2% 1876 908 −1.2% 1881 925 +1.9% 1886 905 −2.2% 1891 864 −4.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 849 −1.7% 1901 800 −5.8% 1906 832 +4.0% 1911 804 −3.4% 1921 712 −11.4% 1926 730 +2.5% 1931 704 −3.6% 1936 701 −0.4% 1946 635 −9.4% 1954 604 −4.9% 1962 588 −2.6% 1968 501 −14.8% 1975 402 −19.8% 1982 360 −10.4% 1990 308 −14.4% 1999 255 −17.2% 2009 281 +10.2%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

• Château de Bouges in Google Cultural Institute

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.