Mettray

Mettray is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. The Mettray Penal Colony was opened there in 1839.

Mettray
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Mettray
Mettray Mettray
Coordinates: 47°27′10″N 0°38′57″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Tours
Canton	Vouvray
Intercommunality	Tours Métropole Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Philippe Clémot
Area ^1	10.34 km^2 (3.99 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	2,068
• Density	200/km^2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	37152 /37390
Elevation	57–100 m (187–328 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

The inhabitants are called Mettrayens.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,017	—
1800	1,089	+7.1%
1806	1,247	+14.5%
1821	846	−32.2%
1831	1,212	+43.3%
1836	1,294	+6.8%
1841	1,460	+12.8%
1846	1,960	+34.2%
1851	2,090	+6.6%
1856	2,176	+4.1%
1861	2,311	+6.2%
1866	2,517	+8.9%
1872	2,344	−6.9%
1876	1,615	−31.1%
1881	1,413	−12.5%
1886	1,416	+0.2%
1891	1,461	+3.2%
1896	1,399	−4.2%
1901	1,324	−5.4%
1906	1,196	−9.7%
1911	1,243	+3.9%
1921	110	−91.2%
1926	1,163	+957.3%
1931	1,205	+3.6%
1936	1,280	+6.2%
1946	737	−42.4%
1954	983	+33.4%
1962	1,036	+5.4%
1968	1,021	−1.4%
1975	1,083	+6.1%
1982	1,368	+26.3%
1990	1,916	+40.1%
1999	2,029	+5.9%
2006	1,882	−7.2%
2009	2,091	+11.1%

See also

• Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department

References

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