Gauchy

Gauchy
Commune
The church of Gauchy
Gauchy Gauchy
Coordinates: 49°49′30″N 3°16′14″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Saint-Quentin
Canton	Saint-Quentin-3
Intercommunality	CA Saint-Quentinois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marc Weber
Area 1	6.24 km2 (2.41 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	02340 /02430
Elevation	68–118 m (223–387 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gauchy (French pronunciation: [ɡoʃi]) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 169 —     1800 298 +8.44% 1806 266 −1.88% 1821 322 +1.28% 1831 348 +0.78% 1836 340 −0.46% 1841 317 −1.39% 1846 351 +2.06% 1851 366 +0.84% 1856 392 +1.38% 1861 375 −0.88% 1866 413 +1.95% 1872 465 +2.00% 1876 517 +2.69% 1881 584 +2.47% 1886 662 +2.54% 1891 635 −0.83% 1896 617 −0.57%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 569 −1.61% 1906 504 −2.40% 1911 507 +0.12% 1921 574 +1.25% 1926 2,529 +34.53% 1931 3,078 +4.01% 1936 2,451 −4.45% 1946 2,672 +0.87% 1954 3,112 +1.92% 1962 3,503 +1.49% 1968 4,218 +3.14% 1975 5,663 +4.30% 1982 5,612 −0.13% 1990 5,736 +0.27% 1999 5,621 −0.22% 2007 5,678 +0.13% 2012 5,356 −1.16% 2017 5,276 −0.30%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department