Saint-Jean-de-Braye

Saint-Jean-de-Braye (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ də bʁɛ]) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. It is an eastern suburb of Orléans. The organist and musicologist Norbert Dufourcq (1904–1990) was born in the commune.

Saint-Jean de Braye
Commune
Town hall gardens
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Jean de Braye
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Coordinates: 47°54′46″N 1°58′19″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loiret
Arrondissement	Orléans
Canton	Saint-Jean-de-Braye
Intercommunality	Orléans Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Vanessa Slimani[1]
Area 1	13.7 km2 (5.3 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	21,700
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	45284 /45800
Elevation	95–127 m (312–417 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

On 14 February 2020, the municipal council voted unanimously to suspend the twin towns partnership with the Polish Tuchów as a result of the controversial anti-LGBT resolution passed by the Tuchów authorities.^[3][4][5]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 880 —     1800 1,114 +3.43% 1806 1,095 −0.29% 1821 1,089 −0.04% 1831 1,269 +1.54% 1836 1,287 +0.28% 1841 2,304 +12.35% 1846 2,306 +0.02% 1851 1,404 −9.45% 1856 1,507 +1.43% 1861 1,568 +0.80% 1866 1,648 +1.00% 1872 1,740 +0.91% 1876 1,877 +1.91% 1881 1,905 +0.30% 1886 1,962 +0.59% 1891 1,911 −0.53% 1896 1,985 +0.76%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,858 −1.31% 1906 1,852 −0.06% 1911 1,994 +1.49% 1921 2,012 +0.09% 1926 2,207 +1.87% 1931 2,635 +3.61% 1936 2,642 +0.05% 1946 3,577 +3.08% 1954 4,146 +1.86% 1962 6,619 +6.02% 1968 7,601 +2.33% 1975 12,120 +6.89% 1982 13,318 +1.36% 1990 16,387 +2.63% 1999 17,758 +0.90% 2007 18,626 +0.60% 2012 19,404 +0.82% 2017 20,751 +1.35%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)[7]

See also

• Communes of the Loiret 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" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. "Francuska gmina zrywa partnerstwo z Tuchowem. Powodem uchwała o LGBT". Retrieved 17 February 2020.
4. "Une ville du Loiret rompt ses relations avec sa jumelle polonaise après ses arrêtés homophobes", Ouest-France, 17 February 2020
5. Yacha Hajzler, "Homophobie : Saint-Jean-de-Braye rompt ses relations avec la ville jumelle polonaise de Tuchów", France 3, 16 February 2020
6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Jean-de-Braye, EHESS (in French).
7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE