Broc, Maine-et-Loire

Part of Noyant-Villages in Pays de la Loire, France

47°34′50″N 0°10′02″E / 47.5806°N 0.1672°E / 47.5806; 0.1672CountryFranceRegionPays de la LoireDepartmentMaine-et-LoireArrondissementSaumurCantonBeaufort-en-ValléeCommuneNoyant-Villages Area21.23 km² (8.20 sq mi)Population329 • Density15/km² (40/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codeElevation40–117 m (131–384 ft)
(avg. 115 m or 377 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Broc (French pronunciation: [bʁo] ^ⓘ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 15 December 2016, it was merged into the new commune Noyant-Villages.^[2] It is between Le Mans, Tours and Angers (roughly 40–50 km from each).

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 715 —     1800 723 +1.1% 1806 966 +33.6% 1821 923 −4.5% 1831 951 +3.0% 1836 834 −12.3% 1841 807 −3.2% 1846 794 −1.6% 1851 782 −1.5% 1856 758 −3.1% 1861 740 −2.4% 1866 742 +0.3% 1872 738 −0.5% 1876 714 −3.3% 1881 761 +6.6% 1886 765 +0.5% 1891 756 −1.2% 1896 734 −2.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 710 −3.3% 1906 723 +1.8% 1911 727 +0.6% 1921 622 −14.4% 1926 625 +0.5% 1931 612 −2.1% 1936 561 −8.3% 1946 546 −2.7% 1954 504 −7.7% 1962 531 +5.4% 1968 503 −5.3% 1975 425 −15.5% 1982 402 −5.4% 1990 331 −17.7% 1999 315 −4.8% 2006 332 +5.4% 2009 346 +4.2%

• Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department