Brains-sur-Gée

Brains-sur-Gée
Brains-sur-Gée
Commune
	The church
	Location of Brains-sur-Gée
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	Coordinates: 48°01′01″N 0°01′30″W / 48.0169°N 0.025000°W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Arrondissement	La Flèche
Canton	Loué
Intercommunality	Loué - Brûlon - Noyen
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Paulo Baptista
Area 1	15.9 km2 (6.1 sq mi)
Population (2021)	804
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Brennois, Brennoise
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	72045 /72550
Elevation	57–128 m (187–420 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Brains-sur-Gée (French pronunciation: [bʁɛ̃ syʁ ʒe]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,036	—
1800	1,023	−1.3%
1806	1,151	+12.5%
1821	1,189	+3.3%
1831	1,207	+1.5%
1836	1,103	−8.6%
1841	1,121	+1.6%
1846	1,066	−4.9%
1851	1,040	−2.4%
1856	1,015	−2.4%
1861	989	−2.6%
1866	939	−5.1%

Year	Pop.	±%
1872	887	−5.5%
1876	873	−1.6%
1881	811	−7.1%
1886	798	−1.6%
1891	821	+2.9%
1896	728	−11.3%
1901	708	−2.7%
1906	700	−1.1%
1911	663	−5.3%
1921	601	−9.4%
1926	602	+0.2%
1931	545	−9.5%

Year	Pop.	±%
1936	507	−7.0%
1946	514	+1.4%
1954	477	−7.2%
1962	479	+0.4%
1968	420	−12.3%
1975	393	−6.4%
1982	380	−3.3%
1990	430	+13.2%
1999	456	+6.0%
2007	606	+32.9%
2012	740	+22.1%
2017	820	+10.8%

From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.
Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]