La Riche

La Riche
Commune
Château de Plessis-lez-Tours
Coat of arms
Location of La Riche
La Riche La Riche
Coordinates: 47°23′24″N 0°39′41″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Tours
Canton	Ballan-Miré
Intercommunality	Tours Métropole Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Sébastien Clement
Area 1	8.17 km2 (3.15 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	10,325
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	37195 /37520
Elevation	43–51 m (141–167 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Riche (French pronunciation: [la ʁiʃ] ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. It is part of the agglomeration of Tours.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,000 —     1800 856 −2.20% 1806 871 +0.29% 1821 1,011 +1.00% 1831 1,234 +2.01% 1836 1,131 −1.73% 1841 1,197 +1.14% 1846 1,233 +0.59% 1851 1,372 +2.16% 1856 1,508 +1.91% 1861 1,560 +0.68% 1866 1,568 +0.10% 1872 1,670 +1.06% 1876 1,829 +2.30% 1881 2,005 +1.85% 1886 2,160 +1.50% 1891 2,335 +1.57% 1896 2,317 −0.15% 1901 2,456 +1.17%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 2,419 −0.30% 1911 2,536 +0.95% 1921 2,730 +0.74% 1926 3,043 +2.19% 1931 3,415 +2.33% 1936 4,020 +3.32% 1946 4,045 +0.06% 1954 4,407 +1.08% 1962 6,324 +4.62% 1968 6,331 +0.02% 1975 6,670 +0.75% 1982 7,261 +1.22% 1990 7,838 +0.96% 1999 8,594 +1.03% 2007 9,990 +1.90% 2012 10,207 +0.43% 2017 10,448 +0.47% 2020 10,372 −0.24%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Château de Plessis-lez-Tours
• Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department