Brains-sur-Gée

Brains-sur-Gée (French pronunciation: [bʁɛ̃ syʁ ʒe]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.

Brains-sur-Gée
Commune
The church
Location of Brains-sur-Gée
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Coordinates: 48°01′01″N 0°01′30″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Arrondissement	La Flèche
Canton	Loué
Intercommunality	Loué - Brûlon - Noyen
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Paulo Baptista[1]
Area 1	15.9 km2 (6.1 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	804
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Brennois, Brennoise
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	72045 /72550
Elevation	57–128 m (187–420 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,036 —     1800 1,023 −1.3% 1806 1,151 +12.5% 1821 1,189 +3.3% 1831 1,207 +1.5% 1836 1,103 −8.6% 1841 1,121 +1.6% 1846 1,066 −4.9% 1851 1,040 −2.4% 1856 1,015 −2.4% 1861 989 −2.6% 1866 939 −5.1%	Year Pop. ±% 1872 887 −5.5% 1876 873 −1.6% 1881 811 −7.1% 1886 798 −1.6% 1891 821 +2.9% 1896 728 −11.3% 1901 708 −2.7% 1906 700 −1.1% 1911 663 −5.3% 1921 601 −9.4% 1926 602 +0.2% 1931 545 −9.5%	Year Pop. ±% 1936 507 −7.0% 1946 514 +1.4% 1954 477 −7.2% 1962 479 +0.4% 1968 420 −12.3% 1975 393 −6.4% 1982 380 −3.3% 1990 430 +13.2% 1999 456 +6.0% 2007 606 +32.9% 2012 740 +22.1% 2017 820 +10.8%
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Sarthe department

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 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Brains-sur-Gée, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE