Blou, Maine-et-Loire

Blou
Commune
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Saumur
Canton	Longué-Jumelles
Intercommunality	CA Saumur Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Philippe Retif
Area1	21.46 km2 (8.29 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2
INSEE/Postal code	49030 / 49160
Elevation	23–111 m (75–364 ft) (avg. 67 m or 220 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Blou (French pronunciation: [blu]) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% 1793 995 —     1800 937 −5.8% 1806 1,018 +8.6% 1821 1,036 +1.8% 1831 1,110 +7.1% 1836 1,083 −2.4% 1841 1,054 −2.7% 1846 1,042 −1.1% 1851 1,061 +1.8% 1856 1,045 −1.5% 1861 1,087 +4.0% 1866 1,039 −4.4% 1872 1,030 −0.9% 1876 1,065 +3.4% 1881 1,050 −1.4% 1886 1,069 +1.8% 1891 1,089 +1.9% 1896 1,086 −0.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1901 1,035 −4.7% 1906 1,041 +0.6% 1911 1,006 −3.4% 1921 985 −2.1% 1926 918 −6.8% 1931 927 +1.0% 1936 940 +1.4% 1946 949 +1.0% 1954 998 +5.2% 1962 902 −9.6% 1968 867 −3.9% 1975 823 −5.1% 1982 799 −2.9% 1990 752 −5.9% 1999 825 +9.7% 2005 939 +13.8% 2006 946 +0.7% 2009 1,010 +6.8%

See also

• Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department