Sonzay

Sonzay
Commune
Chateau of la Motte
Coat of arms
Location of Sonzay
Sonzay Sonzay
Coordinates: 47°31′41″N 0°27′47″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Chinon
Canton	Château-Renault
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Simier
Area 1	48.34 km2 (18.66 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,418
• Density	29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	37249 /37360
Elevation	78–139 m (256–456 ft) (avg. 106 m or 348 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sonzay is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,209	—
1800	1,200	−0.7%
1806	1,556	+29.7%
1821	1,396	−10.3%
1831	1,443	+3.4%
1836	1,381	−4.3%
1841	1,309	−5.2%
1846	1,333	+1.8%
1851	1,403	+5.3%
1856	1,375	−2.0%
1861	1,432	+4.1%
1866	1,435	+0.2%
1872	1,393	−2.9%
1876	1,353	−2.9%
1881	1,407	+4.0%
1886	1,435	+2.0%
1891	1,373	−4.3%
1896	1,397	+1.7%
1901	1,352	−3.2%
1906	1,337	−1.1%
1911	1,314	−1.7%
1921	1,245	−5.3%
1926	1,169	−6.1%
1931	1,085	−7.2%
1936	1,045	−3.7%
1946	1,147	+9.8%
1954	1,035	−9.8%
1962	1,018	−1.6%
1968	1,005	−1.3%
1975	967	−3.8%
1982	935	−3.3%
1990	1,085	+16.0%
1999	1,120	+3.2%
2006	1,233	+10.1%
2009	1,298	+5.3%

See also

• Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department