Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré

Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. It is situated on the Île de Ré.

Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré
Commune
The beach in Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré
Coat of arms
Location of Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré
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Coordinates: 46°11′14″N 1°23′31″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	La Rochelle
Canton	Île de Ré
Intercommunality	Île de Ré
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Gaillard
Area ^1	12.18 km^2 (4.70 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	2,248
• Density	180/km^2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17051 /17580
Elevation	1–17 m (3.3–55.8 ft) (avg. 11 m or 36 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,300	—
1800	1,950	−15.2%
1806	1,922	−1.4%
1821	2,154	+12.1%
1831	2,088	−3.1%
1836	2,059	−1.4%
1841	2,048	−0.5%
1846	2,093	+2.2%
1851	2,074	−0.9%
1856	1,987	−4.2%
1861	1,940	−2.4%
1866	1,895	−2.3%
1872	1,738	−8.3%
1876	1,633	−6.0%
1881	1,714	+5.0%
1886	1,647	−3.9%
1891	1,679	+1.9%
1896	1,618	−3.6%
1901	1,598	−1.2%
1906	1,504	−5.9%
1911	1,273	−15.4%
1921	1,100	−13.6%
1926	1,085	−1.4%
1931	1,056	−2.7%
1936	1,005	−4.8%
1946	893	−11.1%
1954	1,084	+21.4%
1962	1,172	+8.1%
1968	1,172	+0.0%
1975	1,317	+12.4%
1982	1,560	+18.5%
1990	2,014	+29.1%
1999	2,245	+11.5%
2008	2,330	+3.8%

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.