Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt

Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt (pronounced [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁve la fɔʁɛ], [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁvɛ]), commonly known as Saint-Gervais, is a commune in the French department of Loir-et-Cher, administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire.^[3]

Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt
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Coordinates: 47°34′11″N 1°21′39″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Blois
Canton	Vineuil
Intercommunality	CA Blois Agglopolys
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Noël Chappuis[1]
Area 1	8.97 km2 (3.46 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,159
• Density	350/km2 (910/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Gervaisien, Gervaisienne
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	41212 /41350
Elevation	67–110 m (220–361 ft) (avg. 90 m or 300 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. ±% p.a. 1793 333 —     1831 362 +0.22% 1846 480 +1.90% 1872 525 +0.35% 1901 606 +0.50% 1926 568 −0.26% 1946 760 +1.47% 1962 1,426 +4.01%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,775 +3.72% 1975 2,042 +2.02% 1982 2,702 +4.08% 1990 2,784 +0.37% 1999 3,308 +1.93% 2007 3,433 +0.46% 2012 3,303 −0.77% 2017 3,201 −0.63%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2017)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Loir-et-Cher 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. INSEE commune file
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE