Benais

Benais
The church of Saint-Germain, in Benais
Benais
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Benais
Coordinates: 47°17′50″N 0°12′56″E / 47.2972°N 0.2156°ECoordinates: 47°17′50″N 0°12′56″E / 47.2972°N 0.2156°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Chinon
Canton	Bourgueil
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Stéphanie Riocreux
Area^1	20.08 km^2 (7.75 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	921
• Density	46/km^2 (120/sq mi)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Benais 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%
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

References

• INSEE commune file