Belrain

Belrain
Belrain
Location within Lorraine region  Belrain
Coordinates: 48°51′50″N 5°18′27″E / 48.8639°N 5.3075°ECoordinates: 48°51′50″N 5°18′27″E / 48.8639°N 5.3075°E
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Commercy
Canton	Pierrefitte-sur-Aire
Intercommunality	Entre Aire et Meuse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patrick Gondouin
Area^1	8.31 km^2 (3.21 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	48
• Density	5.8/km^2 (15/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	55044 / 55260
Elevation	258–352 m (846–1,155 ft) (avg. 330 m or 1,080 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Belrain is a commune in the Meuse department in the Lorraine region in northeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	325	—
1800	331	+1.8%
1804	330	−0.3%
1806	342	+3.6%
1821	324	−5.3%
1831	337	+4.0%
1836	321	−4.7%
1841	310	−3.4%
1846	272	−12.3%
1851	240	−11.8%
1856	219	−8.8%
1861	234	+6.8%
1866	218	−6.8%
1872	172	−21.1%
1876	169	−1.7%
1881	159	−5.9%
1896	145	−8.8%
1901	122	−15.9%
1906	118	−3.3%
1911	117	−0.8%
1926	109	−6.8%
1931	86	−21.1%
1936	94	+9.3%
1946	82	−12.8%
1954	78	−4.9%
1962	65	−16.7%
1968	54	−16.9%
1975	44	−18.5%
1982	33	−25.0%
1990	36	+9.1%
1999	31	−13.9%
2006	46	+48.4%
2009	50	+8.7%

See also

• Communes of the Meuse department

References

• INSEE statistics