Buzançais

Buzançais
Buzançais
Commune
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 46°53′27″N 1°25′24″E / 46.8908°N 1.4233°ECoordinates: 46°53′27″N 1°25′24″E / 46.8908°N 1.4233°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Châteauroux
Canton	Buzançais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Régis Blanchet
Area 1	58.64 km2 (22.64 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	4,528
• Density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	36031 /36500
Elevation	102–155 m (335–509 ft) ; (avg. 112 m or 367 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Buzançais (French pronunciation: [byzɑ̃sɛ] (listen)) is a commune and town in the French department of Indre, administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.

It is situated 22 km (14 mi) northwest of Châteauroux, the nearest large city, and is near the Brenne regional nature preserve located in the historical province of Berry. The Indre river flows through the commune.

Population[]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	3,199	—
1800	3,199	+0.0%
1806	3,578	+11.8%
1821	4,218	+17.9%
1831	4,416	+4.7%
1836	4,587	+3.9%
1841	4,430	−3.4%
1846	4,857	+9.6%
1851	4,979	+2.5%
1856	5,050	+1.4%
1861	5,016	−0.7%
1866	5,145	+2.6%
1872	4,986	−3.1%
1876	5,109	+2.5%
1881	5,189	+1.6%
1886	5,149	−0.8%
1891	5,027	−2.4%

Year	Pop.	±%
1896	4,916	−2.2%
1901	4,871	−0.9%
1906	4,843	−0.6%
1911	4,638	−4.2%
1921	4,243	−8.5%
1926	4,349	+2.5%
1931	4,137	−4.9%
1936	4,134	−0.1%
1946	4,511	+9.1%
1954	4,585	+1.6%
1962	4,783	+4.3%
1968	5,140	+7.5%
1975	5,214	+1.4%
1982	4,972	−4.6%
1990	4,749	−4.5%
1999	4,576	−3.6%
2009	4,501	−1.6%