Buzançais

Buzançais (French pronunciation: [byzɑ̃sɛ] ⓘ; Occitan: Buzancei; Latin: Busentiacum or Busenciacum) is a commune and town in the French department of Indre, administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire.

Buzançais
Commune
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Buzançais
Coat of arms
Location of Buzançais
Buzançais is located in France
Buzançais
Buzançais
Buzançais is located in Centre-Val de Loire
Buzançais
Buzançais
Coordinates: 46°53′27″N 1°25′24″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentIndre
ArrondissementChâteauroux
CantonBuzançais
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Régis Blanchet[1]
Area
1
58.64 km2 (22.64 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
4,507
 • Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)
DemonymBuzançéen.ne
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
36031 /36500
Elevation102–155 m (335–509 ft)
(avg. 112 m or 367 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is situated 22 km (14 mi) northwest of Châteauroux, the nearest large city, and is near the Brenne regional nature preserve located in the historical province of Berry. The Indre river flows through the commune.

Population

The inhabitants are known as Buzancéens and Buzancéennes.[3]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 3,199—    
1800 3,199+0.00%
1806 3,578+1.88%
1821 4,218+1.10%
1831 4,416+0.46%
1836 4,587+0.76%
1841 4,430−0.69%
1846 4,857+1.86%
1851 4,979+0.50%
1856 5,050+0.28%
1861 5,016−0.14%
1866 5,145+0.51%
1872 4,986−0.52%
1876 5,109+0.61%
1881 5,189+0.31%
1886 5,149−0.15%
1891 5,027−0.48%
1896 4,916−0.45%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 4,871−0.18%
1906 4,843−0.12%
1911 4,638−0.86%
1921 4,243−0.89%
1926 4,349+0.49%
1931 4,137−0.99%
1936 4,134−0.01%
1946 4,511+0.88%
1954 4,585+0.20%
1962 4,783+0.53%
1968 5,140+1.21%
1975 5,214+0.20%
1982 4,972−0.68%
1990 4,749−0.57%
1999 4,581−0.40%
2007 4,530−0.14%
2012 4,481−0.22%
2017 4,505+0.11%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Notable people

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. "Buzançais - Mairie de Buzançais et sa commune (36500)".
  4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Buzançais, EHESS (in French).
  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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