L'Île-Bouchard

L'Île-Bouchard is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

L'Île-Bouchard
Commune
The church of Saint-Gilles, in L'Ile-Bouchard, in the snow
Coat of arms
Location of L'Île-Bouchard
L'Île-Bouchard L'Île-Bouchard
Coordinates: 47°07′15″N 0°25′32″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Chinon
Canton	Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Luc Dupont
Area ^1	3.48 km^2 (1.34 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,553
• Density	450/km^2 (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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.[2]

Population

Historical population

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%

Year Pop. ±% 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

• Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. 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.