Beaulieu-sur-Layon

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Location of Beaulieu-sur-Layon

(2022–2026) Martine Chauvin^[1]Area

12.78 km² (4.93 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,353 • Density110/km² (270/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

49022 /49750

Elevation17–104 m (56–341 ft)
(avg. 97 m or 318 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Beaulieu-sur-Layon (French pronunciation: [boljø syʁ lɛjɔ̃] ^ⓘ, literally Beaulieu on Layon) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. The composer and organist Louis Aubeux (1917–1999) was born in Beaulieu-sur-Layon.

Geography

The commune is traversed by the river Layon.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	948	—
1975	944	−0.06%
1982	995	+0.75%
1990	981	−0.18%
1999	1,069	+0.96%
2007	1,393	+3.36%
2012	1,421	+0.40%
2017	1,391	−0.43%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE