Draché

Draché
The church in Draché
Coat of arms
Draché
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Draché
Coordinates: 47°03′21″N 0°37′30″E / 47.0558°N 0.625°ECoordinates: 47°03′21″N 0°37′30″E / 47.0558°N 0.625°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Loches
Canton	Descartes
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jacques Bregeon
Area^1	18.51 km^2 (7.15 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	694
• Density	37/km^2 (97/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	37098 / 37800
Elevation	56–112 m (184–367 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.

Draché is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

Population

The inhabitants are called Drachéens.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	603	—
1800	548	−9.1%
1806	602	+9.9%
1821	602	+0.0%
1831	649	+7.8%
1836	664	+2.3%
1841	725	+9.2%
1846	733	+1.1%
1851	765	+4.4%
1856	768	+0.4%
1861	726	−5.5%
1866	694	−4.4%
1872	647	−6.8%
1876	634	−2.0%
1881	666	+5.0%
1886	648	−2.7%
1891	665	+2.6%
1896	634	−4.7%
1901	631	−0.5%
1906	655	+3.8%
1911	674	+2.9%
1921	624	−7.4%
1926	597	−4.3%
1931	604	+1.2%
1936	631	+4.5%
1946	653	+3.5%
1954	662	+1.4%
1962	608	−8.2%
1968	520	−14.5%
1975	521	+0.2%
1982	518	−0.6%
1990	592	+14.3%
1999	635	+7.3%
2006	675	+6.3%
2009	694	+2.8%

See also

• Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department

References

• INSEE commune file