Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré

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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré

(2020–2026) Gérard Juin^[1]Area

12.18 km² (4.70 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,229 • Density180/km² (470/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

17051 /17580

Elevation1–17 m (3.3–55.8 ft)
(avg. 11 m or 36 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré (French pronunciation: [lə bwa plaʒ ɑ̃ ʁe]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. It is situated on the Île de Ré.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,300	—
1800	1,950	−2.33%
1806	1,922	−0.24%
1821	2,154	+0.76%
1831	2,088	−0.31%
1836	2,059	−0.28%
1841	2,048	−0.11%
1846	2,093	+0.44%
1851	2,074	−0.18%
1856	1,987	−0.85%
1861	1,940	−0.48%
1866	1,895	−0.47%
1872	1,738	−1.43%
1876	1,633	−1.55%
1881	1,714	+0.97%
1886	1,647	−0.79%
1891	1,679	+0.39%
1896	1,618	−0.74%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	1,598	−0.25%
1906	1,504	−1.21%
1911	1,273	−3.28%
1921	1,100	−1.45%
1926	1,085	−0.27%
1931	1,056	−0.54%
1936	1,005	−0.99%
1946	893	−1.17%
1954	1,084	+2.45%
1962	1,172	+0.98%
1968	1,172	+0.00%
1975	1,317	+1.68%
1982	1,560	+2.45%
1990	2,014	+3.24%
1999	2,235	+1.16%
2007	2,303	+0.38%
2012	2,353	+0.43%
2017	2,248	−0.91%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE