Savonnières

Savonnières (French pronunciation: [savɔnjɛʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

Savonnières
Commune
Bridge across the Cher
Coat of arms
Location of Savonnières
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Coordinates: 47°20′55″N 0°32′57″E / 47.3486°N 0.5492°E / 47.3486; 0.5492
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Tours
Canton	Ballan-Miré
Intercommunality	Tours Métropole Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nathalie Savaton^[1]
Area ^1	16.46 km^2 (6.36 sq mi)
Population  (2021)^[2]	3,294
• Density	200/km^2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	37243 /37510
Elevation	37–96 m (121–315 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,166 —     1800 1,305 +1.62% 1806 1,344 +0.49% 1821 1,353 +0.04% 1831 1,358 +0.04% 1836 1,305 −0.79% 1841 1,254 −0.79% 1846 1,258 +0.06% 1851 1,289 +0.49% 1856 1,366 +1.17% 1861 1,332 −0.50% 1866 1,306 −0.39% 1872 1,234 −0.94% 1876 1,284 +1.00% 1881 1,326 +0.65% 1886 1,316 −0.15% 1891 1,262 −0.83% 1896 1,216 −0.74%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,195 −0.35% 1906 1,169 −0.44% 1911 1,101 −1.19% 1921 1,027 −0.69% 1926 992 −0.69% 1931 947 −0.92% 1936 936 −0.23% 1946 971 +0.37% 1954 1,034 +0.79% 1962 1,116 +0.96% 1968 1,260 +2.04% 1975 1,446 +1.99% 1982 1,813 +3.28% 1990 2,030 +1.42% 1999 2,558 +2.60% 2007 2,970 +1.88% 2012 3,132 +1.07% 2017 3,152 +0.13%
Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

See also

• Les Grottes Pétrifiantes de Savonnières
• Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department

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 Savonnières, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

 

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