Buzançais

Buzançais is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Buzançais
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Buzançais
Buzançais
Buzançais
Coordinates: 46°53′27″N 1°25′24″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentIndre
ArrondissementChâteauroux
CantonBuzançais
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Régis Blanchet (PR)
Area
1
58.64 km2 (22.64 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
4,505
  Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)
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. The Indre river flows through the commune.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 3,199    
1800 3,199+0.0%
1806 3,578+11.8%
1821 4,218+17.9%
1831 4,416+4.7%
1836 4,587+3.9%
1841 4,430−3.4%
1846 4,857+9.6%
1851 4,979+2.5%
1856 5,050+1.4%
1861 5,016−0.7%
1866 5,145+2.6%
1872 4,986−3.1%
1876 5,109+2.5%
1881 5,189+1.6%
1886 5,149−0.8%
1891 5,027−2.4%
1896 4,916−2.2%
1901 4,871−0.9%
1906 4,843−0.6%
1911 4,638−4.2%
1921 4,243−8.5%
1926 4,349+2.5%
1931 4,137−4.9%
1936 4,134−0.1%
1946 4,511+9.1%
1954 4,585+1.6%
1962 4,783+4.3%
1968 5,140+7.5%
1975 5,214+1.4%
1982 4,972−4.6%
1990 4,749−4.5%
1999 4,576−3.6%
2009 4,501−1.6%

Residents are known as Buzancéens.[2]

Notable people

See also

References


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