Briare
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Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Briare | ||
| Coordinates: 47°38′20″N 2°44′24″E / 47.6389°N 2.74°ECoordinates: 47°38′20″N 2°44′24″E / 47.6389°N 2.74°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Loiret | |
| Arrondissement | Montargis | |
| Canton | Briare | |
| 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) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 45053 / 45250 | |
| Elevation |
122–189 m (400–620 ft) (avg. 144 m or 472 ft) | |
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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. | ||
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Briare (sometimes known as: Briare-le-Canal) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.
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 | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 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
- Communes of the Loiret department
- Emaux de Briare the mosaic manufacturer which made the town double its size in the late 19th century.
References
- ↑
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.
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