Bécon-les-Granits

Bécon-les-Granits
Commune
The town hall of Bécon-les-Granits
Coat of arms
Location of Bécon-les-Granits
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Coordinates: 47°30′12″N 0°47′59″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Segré
Canton	Chalonnes-sur-Loire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Ange Fouchereau[1]
Area ^1	46.17 km^2 (17.83 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,782
• Density	60/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	49026 /49370
Elevation	18–88 m (59–289 ft) (avg. 65 m or 213 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bécon-les-Granits (French pronunciation: [bekɔ̃ le ɡʁanit] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,444 —     1821 1,310 −0.35% 1846 1,914 +1.53% 1872 2,057 +0.28% 1901 2,036 −0.04% 1926 1,830 −0.43% 1946 1,658 −0.49% 1962 1,606 −0.20%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,563 −0.45% 1975 1,432 −1.24% 1982 1,820 +3.48% 1990 2,252 +2.70% 1999 2,327 +0.36% 2007 2,601 +1.40% 2012 2,714 +0.85% 2017 2,803 +0.65%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bécon-les-Granits, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Official site Archived 28 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine