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  (2022)[2]	22,088
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,200/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