Tourch

Tourch Tourc'h
Commune
The town hall in Tourch The town hall in Tourch
Coat of arms of Tourch Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 48°01′31″N 3°49′28″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Concarneau
Intercommunality	Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Cotten
Area 1	19.70 km2 (7.61 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29281 /29140
Elevation	118–216 m (387–709 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tourch (Breton: Tourc'h) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Population

Inhabitants of Tourch are called in French Tourchois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 584 —     1800 905 +6.46% 1806 600 −6.62% 1821 630 +0.33% 1831 758 +1.87% 1836 776 +0.47% 1841 760 −0.42% 1846 752 −0.21% 1851 727 −0.67% 1856 767 +1.08% 1861 825 +1.47% 1866 830 +0.12% 1872 862 +0.63% 1876 960 +2.73% 1881 994 +0.70% 1886 1,024 +0.60% 1891 1,034 +0.19% 1896 1,077 +0.82%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,132 +1.00% 1906 1,167 +0.61% 1911 1,224 +0.96% 1921 1,206 −0.15% 1926 1,210 +0.07% 1931 1,185 −0.42% 1936 1,168 −0.29% 1946 1,174 +0.05% 1954 1,070 −1.15% 1962 1,029 −0.49% 1968 996 −0.54% 1975 935 −0.90% 1982 891 −0.69% 1990 820 −1.03% 1999 836 +0.21% 2007 905 +1.00% 2012 1,001 +2.04% 2017 1,026 +0.49%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)