Brouay

Brouay
Brouay

Coordinates: 49°12′47″N 0°33′47″W / 49.2131°N 0.5631°W / 49.2131; -0.5631Coordinates: 49°12′47″N 0°33′47″W / 49.2131°N 0.5631°W / 49.2131; -0.5631
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Caen
Canton Tilly-sur-Seulles
Intercommunality Thue et Mue
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Maurice Leredde
Area1 3.98 km2 (1.54 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 465
  Density 120/km2 (300/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 14109 / 14250
Elevation 50–84 m (164–276 ft)
(avg. 60 m or 200 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.

Brouay is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. There is a cemetery for war dead in the churchyard, with 377 graves of combatants killed during the Normandy campaigns - mostly from the United Kingdom.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962246    
1968277+12.6%
1975256−7.6%
1982238−7.0%
1990239+0.4%
1999320+33.9%
2008465+45.3%

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