Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau

(2020–2026) Pascal Pras^[1]Area

11.4 km² (4.4 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,982 • Density520/km² (1,400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

44166 /44640

Elevation0–34 m (0–112 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ də bwaso] ^ⓘ; Breton: Sant-Yann-ar-Granneg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It contains the historic Bethlehem Chapel.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,615	—
1975	3,102	+2.47%
1982	3,627	+2.26%
1990	4,120	+1.61%
1999	4,562	+1.14%
2006	4,698	+0.42%
2008	4,734	+0.38%
2013	5,449	+2.85%
2018	5,961	+1.81%
2019	5,987	+0.44%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Notable people

Barthélémy Baraille (1882-1970), a member of the criminal anarchist Bonnot gang, was a municipal councillor from Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau around 1945.
Edmond Bertreux (1911-1991), painter, is buried in the cemetery of Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau, which he often depicted in his art.
Jean Brochard (1893-1972), actor, resident of Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau after having bought the house that his grandmother lived; he spent the rest of his life there.
Émile-Joseph Legal (1849-1920), oblate missionnary, founder of the colony of Saint-Paul-des-Métis in the province of Alberta in Canada.
Mose (1917-2003), designer, was born there.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE