Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt

Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt
Commune
Former Benedectine abbey
Location of Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt
Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt
Coordinates: 47°13′18″N 0°19′23″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Chinon
Canton	Chinon
Intercommunality	Rivière-Chinon-Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Didier Guilbault
Area 1	35.25 km2 (13.61 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	846
• Density	24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	37210 /37500
Elevation	50–119 m (164–390 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	482	—
1800	490	+1.7%
1806	581	+18.6%
1821	535	−7.9%
1831	534	−0.2%
1836	537	+0.6%
1841	577	+7.4%
1846	552	−4.3%
1851	555	+0.5%
1856	518	−6.7%
1861	520	+0.4%
1866	488	−6.2%
1872	483	−1.0%
1876	467	−3.3%
1881	473	+1.3%
1886	466	−1.5%
1891	425	−8.8%
1896	449	+5.6%
1901	454	+1.1%
1906	503	+10.8%
1911	455	−9.5%
1921	374	−17.8%
1926	360	−3.7%
1931	322	−10.6%
1936	285	−11.5%
1946	326	+14.4%
1954	370	+13.5%
1962	376	+1.6%
1968	334	−11.2%
1975	1,335	+299.7%
1982	1,177	−11.8%
1990	946	−19.6%
1999	766	−19.0%
2006	805	+5.1%
2009	862	+7.1%

See also

• Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department

References

• INSEE commune file