Brain-sur-Allonnes

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Brain-sur-Allonnes

(2020–2026) Yves Boucher^[1]Area

33.32 km² (12.86 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,057 • Density62/km² (160/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

49041 /49650

Elevation23–111 m (75–364 ft)
(avg. 46 m or 151 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Brain-sur-Allonnes (French pronunciation: [bʁɛ̃ syʁ alɔn] ^ⓘ, literally Brain on Allonnes) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,500	—
1821	1,535	+0.08%
1846	1,533	−0.01%
1872	1,345	−0.50%
1901	1,280	−0.17%
1926	1,099	−0.61%
1946	1,146	+0.21%
1962	1,289	+0.74%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,366	+0.97%
1975	1,485	+1.20%
1982	1,708	+2.02%
1990	1,801	+0.66%
1999	1,793	−0.05%
2007	1,927	+0.90%
2012	1,994	+0.69%
2017	2,003	+0.09%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Brain-sur-Allonnes, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE