Antrain

Antrain
Part of Val-Couesnon
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Antrain
Antrain Location within France Antrain Location within Brittany
Coordinates: 48°27′40″N 1°29′01″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Fougères-Vitré
Canton	Antrain
Commune	Val-Couesnon
Area 1	9.31 km2 (3.59 sq mi)
Population  (2022)	1,261
• Density	135/km2 (351/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	35560
Elevation	6–84 m (20–276 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Antrain (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃tʁɛ̃]; Breton: Entraven; Gallo: Antrein) is a former commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in the Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-Couesnon. Château de Bonnefontaine dates to the second quarter of the 16th century.

Population

Inhabitants of Antrain are called Antrenais in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,522	—
1800	1,375	−1.44%
1806	1,527	+1.76%
1821	1,524	−0.01%
1831	1,742	+1.35%
1836	1,651	−1.07%
1841	1,567	−1.04%
1846	1,648	+1.01%
1851	1,696	+0.58%
1856	1,613	−1.00%
1861	1,557	−0.70%
1866	1,642	+1.07%
1872	1,630	−0.12%
1876	1,582	−0.74%
1881	1,601	+0.24%
1886	1,525	−0.97%
1891	1,575	+0.65%
1896	1,550	−0.32%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	1,550	+0.00%
1906	1,443	−1.42%
1911	1,552	+1.47%
1921	1,484	−0.45%
1926	1,417	−0.92%
1931	1,383	−0.48%
1936	1,459	+1.08%
1946	1,682	+1.43%
1954	1,528	−1.19%
1962	1,444	−0.70%
1968	1,443	−0.01%
1975	1,548	+1.01%
1982	1,499	−0.46%
1990	1,489	−0.08%
1999	1,387	−0.79%
2006	1,386	−0.01%
2022	1,261	−0.59%

Source: EHESS and INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

External links

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)