Blain
Blaen (Gallo & Breton)
Blin/Byein (Gallo)
Commune
Nantes-Brest Canal and the Château de Blain
Nantes-Brest Canal and the Château de Blain
Coat of arms of Blain
Coat of arms
Location of Blain
Map
Blain is located in France
Blain
Blain
Blain is located in Pays de la Loire
Blain
Blain
Coordinates: 47°28′37″N 1°45′44″W / 47.4769°N 1.7622°W / 47.4769; -1.7622
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementChâteaubriant-Ancenis
CantonBlain
IntercommunalityRégion de Blain
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Michel Buf[1]
Area
1
101.72 km2 (39.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
10,187
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
44015 /44130
Elevation7–44 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.

Blain (French pronunciation: [blɛ̃] ⓘ; Gallo: Blaen, Blin or Byein, Breton: Blaen) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. The commune includes the small town of Blain and the villages of Saint-Émilien-de-Blain and La Chaussée.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 4,085—    
1800 4,500+1.39%
1806 4,215−1.08%
1821 4,476+0.40%
1831 4,899+0.91%
1841 5,441+1.05%
1846 5,896+1.62%
1851 6,170+0.91%
1856 6,502+1.05%
1861 6,781+0.84%
1866 6,865+0.25%
1872 6,825−0.10%
1876 6,807−0.07%
1881 6,660−0.44%
1886 6,728+0.20%
1891 6,787+0.17%
1896 6,601−0.55%
1901 6,618+0.05%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 6,737+0.36%
1911 6,625−0.33%
1921 5,962−1.05%
1926 5,880−0.28%
1931 5,978+0.33%
1936 5,851−0.43%
1946 5,801−0.09%
1954 5,659−0.31%
1962 6,531+1.81%
1968 7,052+1.29%
1975 7,153+0.20%
1982 7,366+0.42%
1990 7,434+0.11%
1999 7,733+0.44%
2007 8,799+1.63%
2012 9,491+1.53%
2017 9,793+0.63%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

International relations

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Blain, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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