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La Roche-Posay is a commune in France, situated within the Vienne department and the arrondissement of Châtellerault. It lies in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and serves as the seat of the canton of Châtellerault-3. The town has a population of 1,587, comprising 723 males and 838 females, and covers an area of 35.31 square kilometers.
The municipality borders Yzeures-sur-Creuse, Coussay-les-Bois, Leigné-les-Bois, and Lésigny. It is located near the Creuse and Gartempe bodies of water. La Roche-Posay is twinned with Missaglia. The postal code for the area is 86270.
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Place details
- Locality
- La Roche-Posay
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,553
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Department
- Vienne
- Arrondissement
- Châtellerault
- Canton
- Châtellerault-3
- Intercommunality
- CA Grand Châtellerault
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Yannick Tartarin
- Area
- 35.31 km (13.63 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 1,566
- Density
- 44.35/km (114.9/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 86207 /86270
- Elevation
- 52–139 m (171–456 ft) , (avg. 73 m or 240 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- La Roche-Posay
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Châtellerault
- Population
- 1566
- Area
- 35.31
- Elevation
- 104
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Gartempe
- Shares border with
- Vicq-sur-Gartempe
- Official website
- www.larocheposay.com
- Image
- Donjon de la Roche Posay 1.jpg
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- Commons category
- La Roche-Posay
- postal code
- 86270
- twinned administrative body
- Missaglia
- associated electoral district
- canton of Châtellerault-3
- male population
- 723
- female population
- 838
- P8168
- Chautauqua
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-49-86-20-59
- fax number
- +33-5-49-86-18-93
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Encyclopedic overview
La Roche-Posay ( French pronunciation: [la ʁɔʃ pozɛ]) is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
Demographics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Roche-Posay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.