Mettray
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Mettray
|commune status = Commune
|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Mettray (37).svg
|arrondissement = Tours
|canton = Vouvray
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Tours Métropole Val de Loire
|coordinates = {{coord|47.4528|0.6492|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation min m = 57
|elevation max m = 100
|area km2 = 10.34
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
|INSEE = 37152
|postal code = 37390
}}
Mettray ({{IPA|fr|mɛtʁɛ|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Mettray.wav}}) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. The Mettray Penal Colony was opened there in 1839.
Population
The inhabitants are called Mettrayens in French. The commune La Membrolle-sur-Choisille was created in 1873 from part of Mettray.
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|22344|Mettray}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-37152#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|1793 |1017
|1800 |1089
|1806 |1247
|1821 |846
|1831 |1212
|1836 |1294
|1841 |1460
|1846 |1960
|1851 |2090
|1856 |2176
|1861 |2311
|1866 |2517
|1872 |2344
|1876 |1615
|1881 |1413
|1886 |1416
|1891 |1461
|1896 |1399
|1901 |1324
|1906 |1196
|1911 |1243
|1921 |1110
|1926 |1163
|1931 |1205
|1936 |1280
|1946 |737
|1954 |983
|1962 |1036
|1968 |1021
|1975 |1083
|1982 |1368
|1990 |1916
|1999 |2029
|2007 |1951
|2012 |2088
|2017 |2068
}}
See also
References
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{{Indre-et-Loire communes}}
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Category:Communes of Indre-et-Loire
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