Blain, Loire-Atlantique

Blain
Commune

Coat of arms
Blain
Location within Pays de la Loire region
Blain
Coordinates: 47°28′37″N 1°45′44″W / 47.4769°N 1.7622°W / 47.4769; -1.7622Coordinates: 47°28′37″N 1°45′44″W / 47.4769°N 1.7622°W / 47.4769; -1.7622
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton Blain
Intercommunality Région de Blain
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Daniel Leroux
Area1 101.72 km2 (39.27 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 9,284
 • Density 91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 44015 /44130
Elevation 7–44 m (23–144 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.

Blain is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

The commune includes the small town of Blain and the villages of Saint-Émilien-de-Blain and La Chaussée.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 4,085—    
1800 4,500+10.2%
1806 4,215−6.3%
1821 4,476+6.2%
1831 4,899+9.5%
1836 4,553−7.1%
1841 5,441+19.5%
1846 5,896+8.4%
1851 6,170+4.6%
1856 6,502+5.4%
1861 6,781+4.3%
1866 6,865+1.2%
1872 6,825−0.6%
1876 6,807−0.3%
1881 6,660−2.2%
1886 6,728+1.0%
1891 6,787+0.9%
1896 6,601−2.7%
1901 6,618+0.3%
1906 6,737+1.8%
1911 6,625−1.7%
1921 5,962−10.0%
1926 5,880−1.4%
1931 5,978+1.7%
1936 5,851−2.1%
1946 5,801−0.9%
1954 5,659−2.4%
1962 6,531+15.4%
1968 7,052+8.0%
1975 7,153+1.4%
1982 7,366+3.0%
1990 7,434+0.9%
1999 7,731+4.0%
2004 8,171+5.7%
2006 8,544+4.6%
2009 9,284+8.7%

International relations

Blain is twinned with the market town of Royal Wootton Bassett, England.

See also

References


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