Bocé

For other uses, see Boce (disambiguation).

Bocé (French pronunciation: [bɔse] ^ⓘ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Baugé-en-Anjou.^[2]

Bocé
Part of Baugé-en-Anjou
Location of Bocé
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Coordinates: 47°30′27″N 0°04′55″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Saumur
Canton	Baugé
Commune	Baugé-en-Anjou
Area 1	16.01 km2 (6.18 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	660
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	49150
Elevation	39–97 m (128–318 ft) (avg. 52 m or 171 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 800 —     1800 547 −31.6% 1806 782 +43.0% 1821 825 +5.5% 1831 838 +1.6% 1841 753 −10.1% 1846 766 +1.7% 1851 761 −0.7% 1856 800 +5.1% 1861 803 +0.4% 1866 751 −6.5% 1872 763 +1.6% 1876 790 +3.5% 1881 774 −2.0% 1886 734 −5.2% 1891 769 +4.8% 1896 788 +2.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 785 −0.4% 1906 750 −4.5% 1911 723 −3.6% 1921 664 −8.2% 1926 638 −3.9% 1931 596 −6.6% 1936 621 +4.2% 1946 571 −8.1% 1954 553 −3.2% 1962 547 −1.1% 1968 520 −4.9% 1975 478 −8.1% 1982 492 +2.9% 1990 480 −2.4% 1999 501 +4.4% 2006 555 +10.8% 2009 585 +5.4%

See also

• Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department