Orches
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Châtellerault | |
| Canton | Châtellerault-2 | |
| Community association | Grand Châtellerault | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 53 ' N , 0 ° 19' E | |
| height | 70-167 m | |
| surface | 19.22 km 2 | |
| Residents | 410 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 21 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 86230 | |
| INSEE code | 86182 | |
Orches is a French municipality with 410 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Châtellerault and the canton of Châtellerault-2 (until 2015 Lencloître ).
geography
Orches is about 18 kilometers northwest of Châtellerault . Orches is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sérigny in the north and northeast, Sossais in the east and southeast, Saint-Genest-d'Ambière in the south, Savigny-sous-Faye in the west and southwest and Berthegon in the northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 516 | 437 | 354 | 371 | 378 | 366 | 405 | 395 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Polissoir from the Neolithic Age, Monument historique since 1932
- Saint-Hilaire church, historique monument since 1935
- Puygarreau Castle
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vienne. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-128-7 , pp. 395-397.
Web links
Commons : Orches - collection of images, videos and audio files
