Saint-Paterne-Racan

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Paterne-Racan

(2020–2026) Éric Lapleau^[1]Area

47.77 km² (18.44 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,680 • Density35/km² (91/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

37231 /37370

Elevation65–134 m (213–440 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Paterne-Racan is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.^[3]

Saint-Paterne-Racan belongs to the urban unit of Saint-Paterne-Racan, a small agglomeration comprising 2 municipalities: Saint-Paterne-Racan and Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais.^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,617	—
1975	1,718	+0.87%
1982	1,508	−1.85%
1990	1,449	−0.50%
1999	1,511	+0.47%
2007	1,655	+1.14%
2012	1,637	−0.22%
2017	1,665	+0.34%
Source: INSEE^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ "Unité urbaine 2020 de Saint-Paterne-Racan (37102)". INSEE. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE