Mettray

Mettray (French pronunciation: [mɛtʁɛ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. The Mettray Penal Colony was opened there in 1839.

Mettray
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Mettray
Mettray Show map of France Mettray Show map of Centre-Val de Loire
Coordinates: 47°27′10″N 0°38′57″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Tours
Canton	Vouvray
Intercommunality	Tours Métropole Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Clémot[1]
Area 1	10.34 km2 (3.99 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,079
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	37152 /37390
Elevation	57–100 m (187–328 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

The inhabitants are called Mettrayens in French. The commune La Membrolle-sur-Choisille was created in 1873 from part of Mettray.^[3]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,017 —     1800 1,089 +0.98% 1806 1,247 +2.28% 1821 846 −2.55% 1831 1,212 +3.66% 1836 1,294 +1.32% 1841 1,460 +2.44% 1846 1,960 +6.07% 1851 2,090 +1.29% 1856 2,176 +0.81% 1861 2,311 +1.21% 1866 2,517 +1.72% 1872 2,344 −1.18% 1876 1,615 −8.89% 1881 1,413 −2.64% 1886 1,416 +0.04% 1891 1,461 +0.63% 1896 1,399 −0.86%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,324 −1.10% 1906 1,196 −2.01% 1911 1,243 +0.77% 1921 1,110 −1.13% 1926 1,163 +0.94% 1931 1,205 +0.71% 1936 1,280 +1.21% 1946 737 −5.37% 1954 983 +3.67% 1962 1,036 +0.66% 1968 1,021 −0.24% 1975 1,083 +0.85% 1982 1,368 +3.39% 1990 1,916 +4.30% 1999 2,029 +0.64% 2007 1,951 −0.49% 2012 2,088 +1.37% 2017 2,068 −0.19%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department