Monnaie

For the opera house in Brussels, see La Monnaie.

Monnaie
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Monnaie
Monnaie Monnaie
Coordinates: 47°30′05″N 0°47′10″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Tours
Canton	Vouvray
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Jacques Lemaire
Area 1	39.42 km2 (15.22 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	4,737
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	37153 /37380
Elevation	89–147 m (292–482 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Monnaie (French pronunciation: [mɔnɛ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. The town is part of the Touraine-Est Vallées community of communes, which facilitates regional cooperation on various administrative and developmental matters.

History

During the Franco-Prussian War, the Battle of Monnaie took place on December 20, 1870. In this engagement, a Hanover division of the Imperial German Army, commanded by General Schwarzkoppen, defeated French forces led by General Ferry Pisani, subsequently leading to the German occupation of Tours.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,060 —     1800 1,072 +0.16% 1806 1,236 +2.40% 1821 1,203 −0.18% 1831 1,237 +0.28% 1836 1,550 +4.61% 1841 1,728 +2.20% 1846 1,727 −0.01% 1851 1,678 −0.57% 1856 1,651 −0.32% 1861 1,575 −0.94% 1866 1,701 +1.55% 1872 1,605 −0.96% 1876 1,680 +1.15% 1881 1,719 +0.46% 1886 1,761 +0.48% 1891 1,751 −0.11% 1896 1,787 +0.41%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,914 +1.38% 1906 1,807 −1.14% 1911 1,720 −0.98% 1921 1,609 −0.66% 1926 1,593 −0.20% 1931 1,668 +0.92% 1936 1,752 +0.99% 1946 1,592 −0.95% 1954 1,622 +0.23% 1962 1,592 −0.23% 1968 1,808 +2.14% 1975 1,892 +0.65% 1982 2,250 +2.51% 1990 2,829 +2.90% 1999 3,302 +1.73% 2007 3,835 +1.89% 2012 4,166 +1.67% 2017 4,439 +1.28%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department