Benais

Benais
Commune
The church of Saint-Germain, in Benais
Location of Benais
Benais Benais
Coordinates: 47°17′50″N 0°12′56″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Chinon
Canton	Langeais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphanie Riocreux
Area 1	20.08 km2 (7.75 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	932
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	37024 /37140
Elevation	33–114 m (108–374 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Benais (French pronunciation: [bənɛ]) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,500 —     1800 1,583 +5.5% 1806 1,459 −7.8% 1821 1,561 +7.0% 1831 1,626 +4.2% 1836 1,598 −1.7% 1841 1,517 −5.1% 1846 1,440 −5.1% 1851 1,384 −3.9% 1856 1,303 −5.9% 1861 1,326 +1.8% 1866 1,324 −0.2% 1872 1,257 −5.1% 1876 1,239 −1.4% 1881 1,197 −3.4% 1886 1,170 −2.3% 1891 1,112 −5.0% 1896 1,053 −5.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 1,054 +0.1% 1906 1,055 +0.1% 1911 954 −9.6% 1921 864 −9.4% 1926 877 +1.5% 1931 837 −4.6% 1936 829 −1.0% 1946 806 −2.8% 1954 812 +0.7% 1962 833 +2.6% 1968 836 +0.4% 1975 681 −18.5% 1982 712 +4.6% 1990 862 +21.1% 1999 870 +0.9% 2006 859 −1.3% 2009 921 +7.2%

See also

• Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department