Mettray

Mettray
Commune

Coat of arms
Mettray
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
Mettray
Coordinates: 47°27′10″N 0°38′57″E / 47.4528°N 0.6492°E / 47.4528; 0.6492Coordinates: 47°27′10″N 0°38′57″E / 47.4528°N 0.6492°E / 47.4528; 0.6492
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement Tours
Canton Vouvray
Intercommunality Tours Métropole Val de Loire
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Philippe Clémot
Area1 10.34 km2 (3.99 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 2,091
 • Density 200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 37152 /37390
Elevation 57–100 m (187–328 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.

Mettray is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. The Mettray Penal Colony was opened there in 1839.

Population

The inhabitants are called Mettrayens.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
17931,017—    
18001,089+7.1%
18061,247+14.5%
1821846−32.2%
18311,212+43.3%
18361,294+6.8%
18411,460+12.8%
18461,960+34.2%
18512,090+6.6%
18562,176+4.1%
18612,311+6.2%
18662,517+8.9%
18722,344−6.9%
18761,615−31.1%
18811,413−12.5%
18861,416+0.2%
18911,461+3.2%
18961,399−4.2%
19011,324−5.4%
19061,196−9.7%
19111,243+3.9%
1921110−91.2%
19261,163+957.3%
19311,205+3.6%
19361,280+6.2%
1946737−42.4%
1954983+33.4%
19621,036+5.4%
19681,021−1.4%
19751,083+6.1%
19821,368+26.3%
19901,916+40.1%
19992,029+5.9%
20061,882−7.2%
20092,091+11.1%

See also

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