Oucques

Oucques
local community	Oucques La Nouvelle
region	Center-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Blois
Coordinates	47 ° 49 ′ N , 1 ° 18 ′ E Coordinates: 47 ° 49 ′ N , 1 ° 18 ′ E
Post Code	41290
Former INSEE code	41171
Incorporation	2017-01-01
status	Commune déléguée
	; Former town hall (Mairie) of Oucques

Oucques is a village and a former French commune with 1,515 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loir-et-Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire . It belonged to the arrondissement of Blois and was part of the canton of La Beauce (until 2015: canton of Marchenoir ).

With effect from January 1, 2017, Oucques merged with the former municipalities of Baigneaux , Beauvilliers and Sainte-Gemmes to form the Commune nouvelle Oucques la Nouvelle and since then has had the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality .

geography

Oucques is about 16 miles north of Blois . The Réveillon river has its source in the local area .

The municipality of Oucques was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Vievy-le-Rayé in the north, Saint-Léonard-en-Beauce in the east, Villeneuve-Frouville and Boisseau in the south, Sainte-Gemmes in the southwest, Épiais in the west and Beauvilliers in the northwest.

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
1,557	1,667	1,434	1.312	1,473	1.313	1,420	1,513
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Saint-Jacques church
Remains of the castle complex, destroyed by the English in 1380 and later rebuilt

Saint-Jacques church

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