Mettray

Mettray
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Mettray
Mettray Mettray
Coordinates: 47°27′10″N 0°38′57″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Tours
Canton	Vouvray
Intercommunality	Tours Métropole Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Clémot
Area 1	10.34 km2 (3.99 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	2,070
• Density	200/km2 (518/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	37152 /37390
Elevation	57–100 m (187–328 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mettray (French pronunciation: [mɛtʁɛ] ^ⓘ) 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 population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,017	—
1800	1,089	+0.98%
1806	1,247	+2.28%
1821	846	−2.55%
1831	1,212	+3.66%
1836	1,294	+1.32%
1841	1,460	+2.44%
1846	1,960	+6.07%
1851	2,090	+1.29%
1856	2,176	+0.81%
1861	2,311	+1.21%
1866	2,517	+1.72%
1872	2,344	−1.18%
1876	1,615	−8.89%
1881	1,413	−2.64%
1886	1,416	+0.04%
1891	1,461	+0.63%
1896	1,399	−0.86%
1901	1,324	−1.10%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	1,196	−2.01%
1911	1,243	+0.77%
1921	1,110	−1.13%
1926	1,163	+0.94%
1931	1,205	+0.71%
1936	1,280	+1.21%
1946	737	−5.37%
1954	983	+3.67%
1962	1,036	+0.66%
1968	1,021	−0.24%
1975	1,083	+0.85%
1982	1,368	+3.39%
1990	1,916	+4.30%
1999	2,029	+0.64%
2007	1,951	−0.49%
2012	2,088	+1.37%
2017	2,068	−0.19%
2023	2,070	+0.02%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

See also

• Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department