Briare

Briare
Commune
Town hall

Coat of arms
Briare
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
Briare
Coordinates: 47°38′20″N 2°44′24″E / 47.6389°N 2.74°E / 47.6389; 2.74Coordinates: 47°38′20″N 2°44′24″E / 47.6389°N 2.74°E / 47.6389; 2.74
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Loiret
Arrondissement Montargis
Canton Gien
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Marius Collot
Area1 45.41 km2 (17.53 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 5,760
 • Density 130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 45053 /45250
Elevation 122–189 m (400–620 ft)
(avg. 144 m or 472 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.

Briare (sometimes known as: Briare-le-Canal) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. The composer and organist Henri Nibelle (1883–1967) was born in Briare.

Briare, the Brivodorum of the Romans is situated at the extremity of the Briare Canal, which unites the river Loire and its lateral canal with the Loing and so with the Seine. The lateral canal of the Loire crosses the Loire near Briare by the Briare aqueduct which is 662 m long.[1]

The harbour

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 1,655—    
1800 1,655+0.0%
1806 1,819+9.9%
1821 2,082+14.5%
1831 2,730+31.1%
1836 2,977+9.0%
1841 3,239+8.8%
1846 3,227−0.4%
1851 3,477+7.7%
1856 3,843+10.5%
1861 3,927+2.2%
1866 4,346+10.7%
1872 4,775+9.9%
1876 5,153+7.9%
1881 5,590+8.5%
1886 5,894+5.4%
1891 6,684+13.4%
1896 5,814−13.0%
1901 5,630−3.2%
1906 5,227−7.2%
1911 4,637−11.3%
1921 4,577−1.3%
1926 4,135−9.7%
1931 4,012−3.0%
1936 3,791−5.5%
1946 3,833+1.1%
1954 3,895+1.6%
1962 4,114+5.6%
1968 5,140+24.9%
1975 5,637+9.7%
1982 6,267+11.2%
1990 6,070−3.1%
1999 5,989−1.3%
2006 5,703−4.8%
2009 5,688−0.3%
2012 5,760+1.3%

See also

References

  1. ↑  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Briare". Encyclopædia Britannica. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 516.


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