Saint-Benoît, Ain

Saint-Benoit
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Saint-Benoit
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Saint-Benoit
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Lhuis
Intercommunality	Rhône et Gland dite Terre d’eaux
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Guy Plantin
Area1	21.65 km2 (8.36 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	736
• Density	34/km2 (88/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01338 / 01300
Elevation	201–778 m (659–2,552 ft) (avg. 206 m or 676 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Benoit is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	972	—
1800	1,030	+6.0%
1806	1,112	+8.0%
1821	1,165	+4.8%
1831	1,221	+4.8%
1836	1,200	−1.7%
1841	1,268	+5.7%
1846	1,260	−0.6%
1851	1,326	+5.2%
1856	1,260	−5.0%
1861	1,204	−4.4%
1866	1,206	+0.2%
1872	1,207	+0.1%
1876	1,118	−7.4%
1881	1,036	−7.3%
1886	1,023	−1.3%
1891	986	−3.6%
1896	974	−1.2%
1901	890	−8.6%
1906	883	−0.8%
1911	826	−6.5%
1921	818	−1.0%
1926	792	−3.2%
1931	780	−1.5%
1936	741	−5.0%
1946	667	−10.0%
1954	607	−9.0%
1962	530	−12.7%
1968	504	−4.9%
1975	486	−3.6%
1982	548	+12.8%
1990	488	−10.9%
1999	582	+19.3%
2008	736	+26.5%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

• INSEE