Saint-Benoît, Ain

Saint-Benoit is a former commune in the Ain department in eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Groslée-Saint-Benoît.[2]

Saint-Benoit
Part of Groslée-Saint-Benoît
Location of Saint-Benoit
Saint-Benoit Saint-Benoit
Coordinates: 45°42′00″N 5°35′00″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Belley
Commune	Groslée-Saint-Benoît
Area ^1	21.65 km^2 (8.36 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	833
• Density	38/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 30 December 2015 (in French)