Savigny-sur-Braye

Savigny-sur-Braye
Commune
Church of Saint-Pierre
Coat of arms
Location of Savigny-sur-Braye
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Coordinates: 47°52′49″N 0°48′36″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Vendôme
Canton	Le Perche
Intercommunality	Coteaux de la Braye
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Claude Seguineau
Area 1	67.18 km2 (25.94 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,949
• Density	29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	41238 /41360
Elevation	74–166 m (243–545 ft) (avg. 87 m or 285 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Savigny-sur-Braye is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,504	—
1806	2,892	+15.5%
1821	2,787	−3.6%
1831	2,881	+3.4%
1841	3,065	+6.4%
1851	2,898	−5.4%
1861	2,966	+2.3%
1872	2,789	−6.0%
1881	2,734	−2.0%
1891	2,855	+4.4%
1901	2,997	+5.0%
1911	2,832	−5.5%
1921	2,679	−5.4%
1931	2,610	−2.6%
1946	2,561	−1.9%
1954	2,401	−6.2%
1962	2,282	−5.0%
1968	2,349	+2.9%
1975	2,212	−5.8%
1982	2,015	−8.9%
1990	2,043	+1.4%
1999	2,203	+7.8%
2008	2,195	−0.4%
2015	2,072	−5.6%

Personalities

• Jeanne Rij-Rousseau, (born 10 June 1870 in Candé – died 22 October 1956 in Savigny-sur-Braye) was a French Cubist painter and an art theoretician

See also

• Braye River
• Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department