L'Île-Bouchard

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Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of L'Île-Bouchard

(2020–2026) Nathalie Vigneau^[1]Area

3.48 km² (1.34 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,573 • Density450/km² (1,200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

37119 /37220

Elevation33–65 m (108–213 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

L'Île-Bouchard (French pronunciation: [lil buʃaʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

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.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,645	—
1975	1,762	+0.99%
1982	1,796	+0.27%
1990	1,800	+0.03%
1999	1,764	−0.22%
2007	1,740	−0.17%
2012	1,655	−1.00%
2017	1,553	−1.26%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ 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.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE