Saint-Benoît, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Saint-Benoît is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Saint-Benoît
Commune
Bridge of Queen Jeanne over the Coulomp
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Benoît
Saint-Benoît Saint-Benoît
Coordinates: 43°58′05″N 6°43′35″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Castellane
Canton	Castellane
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Henri Ferraro
Area ^1	21.03 km^2 (8.12 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2017)[1]	149
• Density	7.1/km^2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	04174 /04240
Elevation	515–1,402 m (1,690–4,600 ft) (avg. 720 m or 2,360 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. ±% 1765 429 —     1793 550 +28.2% 1800 396 −28.0% 1806 445 +12.4% 1821 523 +17.5% 1831 512 −2.1% 1836 556 +8.6% 1841 590 +6.1% 1846 548 −7.1% 1851 516 −5.8% 1856 479 −7.2% 1861 431 −10.0% 1866 395 −8.4% 1872 392 −0.8% 1876 385 −1.8% 1881 405 +5.2% 1886 415 +2.5% 1891 402 −3.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 379 −5.7% 1901 269 −29.0% 1906 298 +10.8% 1911 258 −13.4% 1921 244 −5.4% 1926 248 +1.6% 1931 191 −23.0% 1936 183 −4.2% 1946 174 −4.9% 1954 146 −16.1% 1962 97 −33.6% 1968 71 −26.8% 1975 54 −23.9% 1982 66 +22.2% 1990 85 +28.8% 1999 112 +31.8% 2008 122 +8.9%

See also

• Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

References

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