La Chapelle-de-Brain

La Chapelle-de-Brain Chapel-Braen (Breton)
Commune
Town hall
Location of La Chapelle-de-Brain
La Chapelle-de-Brain La Chapelle-de-Brain
Coordinates: 47°42′03″N 1°56′00″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Redon
Canton	Redon
Intercommunality	Redon Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yohann Morisot
Area 1	17.65 km2 (6.81 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,065
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35064 /35660
Elevation	1–70 m (3.3–229.7 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Chapelle-de-Brain (French pronunciation: [la ʃapɛl də bʁɛ̃] ; Breton: Chapel-Braen) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Population

Inhabitants of La Chapelle-de-Brain are called branichapellois in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	920	—
1968	991	+7.7%
1975	928	−6.4%
1982	909	−2.0%
1990	887	−2.4%
1999	838	−5.5%
2008	931	+11.1%

Gallery

• 
  Saint-Melaine church
• 
  Saint-Melaine Brain-sur-Vilaine church

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

External links

• La Chapelle de Brain (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine (in French)