Blain, Loire-Atlantique

Blain

*Blaen* (Gallo & Breton)
*Blin/Byein* (Gallo)
Blain Blaen (Gallo & Breton) ; Blin/Byein (Gallo)
Commune
	Nantes-Brest Canal and the Château de Blain
	Coat of arms
	Location of Blain
	Blain Blain
	Coordinates: 47°28′37″N 1°45′44″W / 47.4769°N 1.7622°W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton	Blain
Intercommunality	Région de Blain
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Michel Buf
Area 1	101.72 km2 (39.27 sq mi)
Population (2021)	10,187
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44015 /44130
Elevation	7–44 m (23–144 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Blain (French pronunciation: [blɛ̃] ^ⓘ; Gallo: Blaen, Blin or Byein, Breton: Blaen) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. The commune includes the small town of Blain and the villages of Saint-Émilien-de-Blain and La Chaussée.

Population

Historical population

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Blain is twinned with the market town of Royal Wootton Bassett, England.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Blain, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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Blain Blaen (Gallo & Breton) Blin/Byein (Gallo)
Commune
Nantes-Brest Canal and the Château de Blain
Coat of arms
Location of Blain
Blain Show map of France Blain Show map of Pays de la Loire
Coordinates: 47°28′37″N 1°45′44″W / 47.4769°N 1.7622°W / 47.4769; -1.7622
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton	Blain
Intercommunality	Région de Blain
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Michel Buf^[1]
Area ¹	101.72 km² (39.27 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	10,187
• Density	100/km² (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44015 /44130
Elevation	7–44 m (23–144 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.