Antrain

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.

Antrain
Part of Val-Couesnon
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Antrain
Antrain Antrain
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  (2019)	1,279
• Density	140/km2 (360/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.

Population

Inhabitants of Antrain are called Antrenais in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1794 1,522 —     1798 1,419 −6.8% 1800 1,375 −3.1% 1804 1,543 +12.2% 1806 1,527 −1.0% 1820 1,524 −0.2% 1826 1,633 +7.2% 1831 1,742 +6.7% 1836 1,651 −5.2% 1841 1,567 −5.1% 1846 1,648 +5.2% 1851 1,696 +2.9% 1856 1,613 −4.9% 1861 2,262 +40.2% 1866 1,642 −27.4% 1872 1,630 −0.7% 1876 1,582 −2.9% 1881 1,601 +1.2% 1886 1,525 −4.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1891 1,575 +3.3% 1896 1,550 −1.6% 1906 1,443 −6.9% 1911 1,552 +7.6% 1921 1,484 −4.4% 1926 1,417 −4.5% 1931 1,383 −2.4% 1936 1,459 +5.5% 1946 1,682 +15.3% 1954 1,528 −9.2% 1962 1,444 −5.5% 1968 1,443 −0.1% 1975 1,548 +7.3% 1982 1,499 −3.2% 1990 1,387 −7.5% 1999 1,387 +0.0% 2007 1,426 +2.8% 2017 1,302 −8.7%

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)