Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost

Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost
Town hall Town hall
Coat of arms of Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost Coat of arms
Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Miribel
Intercommunality	Miribel et du Plateau
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Pierre Goubet
Area1	6.99 km2 (2.70 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	3,868
• Density	550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01376 / 01700
Elevation	172–315 m (564–1,033 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 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.

Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost is a commune in the Ain department, in the Rhône-Alpes region, located at about 15 km (9 mi) from Lyon.

The commune is included in the canton of Miribel and in the intercommunality of communauté de communes de Miribel et du Plateau.

The inhabitants of Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost are called Mauriciens.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	262	—
1800	250	−4.6%
1806	252	+0.8%
1821	286	+13.5%
1831	322	+12.6%
1836	320	−0.6%
1841	320	+0.0%
1846	324	+1.2%
1851	320	−1.2%
1856	316	−1.2%
1861	311	−1.6%
1866	318	+2.3%
1872	307	−3.5%
1876	286	−6.8%
1881	263	−8.0%
1886	273	+3.8%
1891	287	+5.1%
1896	289	+0.7%
1901	300	+3.8%
1906	338	+12.7%
1911	318	−5.9%
1921	319	+0.3%
1926	365	+14.4%
1931	1,536	+320.8%
1936	1,576	+2.6%
1946	1,634	+3.7%
1954	1,797	+10.0%
1962	2,011	+11.9%
1968	2,695	+34.0%
1975	2,791	+3.6%
1982	3,503	+25.5%
1990	3,468	−1.0%
1999	4,017	+15.8%
2008	3,875	−3.5%
3868		—

See also

• Communes of the Ain department
• Canton of Miribel

References

• INSEE