Saint-Benoît, Vienne

Saint-Benoît is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

Saint-Benoît
Commune
The Abbey of Saint-Benoit
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Benoît
Saint-Benoît Saint-Benoît
Coordinates: 46°33′02″N 0°20′33″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Vienne
Arrondissement	Poitiers
Canton	Poitiers-5
Intercommunality	Grand Poitiers
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Dominique Clément
Area ^1	13.58 km^2 (5.24 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	7,233
• Density	530/km^2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	86214 /86280
Elevation	72–136 m (236–446 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

International relations

Saint-Benoît is twinned with:

• Cookham, United Kingdom[2]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	6,859	—
2007	6,989	+1.9%
2008	6,997	+0.1%
2009	6,996	−0.0%
2010	6,991	−0.1%
2011	6,987	−0.1%
2012	7,094	+1.5%
2013	7,096	+0.0%
2014	7,064	−0.5%
2015	7,088	+0.3%
2016	7,112	+0.3%
2017	7,233	+1.7%

Politics

Presidential Elections Second Round:[3]

Election		Winning Candidate	Party	%
	2017	Emmanuel Macron	EM	83.67
	2012	François Hollande	PS	56.38
	2007	Ségolène Royal	PS	50.84
	2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	93.52

See also

• Communes of the Vienne department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
3. http://www.lemonde.fr/data/france/presidentielle-2017/