Saint-Benoît, Vienne

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Benoît

(2020–2026) Bernard Peterlongo^[1]Area

13.58 km² (5.24 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

7,307 • Density540/km² (1,400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

86214 /86280

Elevation72–136 m (236–446 ft)
(avg. 80 m or 260 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Benoît (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ bənwa] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. It is a southern suburb of Poitiers.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,881	—
1975	4,889	+3.35%
1982	5,397	+1.42%
1990	5,843	+1.00%
1999	7,008	+2.04%
2007	6,989	−0.03%
2012	7,094	+0.30%
2017	7,233	+0.39%
Source: INSEE^[3]

International relations

Saint-Benoît is twinned with:

Cookham, United Kingdom^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 2013-07-11.