Le Brusquet

Le Brusquet
Coat of arms
Le Brusquet
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region  Le Brusquet
Coordinates: 44°09′42″N 6°18′37″E / 44.1617°N 6.3103°ECoordinates: 44°09′42″N 6°18′37″E / 44.1617°N 6.3103°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Digne-les-Bains
Canton	La Javie
Intercommunality	Haute Bléone
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Yves Roux
Area^1	22.25 km^2 (8.59 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	976
• Density	44/km^2 (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	04036 / 04420
Elevation	694–1,550 m (2,277–5,085 ft) (avg. 775 m or 2,543 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.

Le Brusquet is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Geography

The Bléone flows southwest through the middle of the commune and forms part of its southwestern border.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1765	493	—
1793	527	+6.9%
1800	509	−3.4%
1806	476	−6.5%
1821	570	+19.7%
1831	621	+8.9%
1836	599	−3.5%
1841	622	+3.8%
1846	585	−5.9%
1851	568	−2.9%
1856	488	−14.1%
1861	500	+2.5%
1866	484	−3.2%
1872	486	+0.4%
1876	485	−0.2%
1881	461	−4.9%
1886	401	−13.0%
1891	375	−6.5%
1896	372	−0.8%
1901	364	−2.2%
1906	375	+3.0%
1911	339	−9.6%
1921	301	−11.2%
1926	236	−21.6%
1931	288	+22.0%
1936	235	−18.4%
1946	231	−1.7%
1954	220	−4.8%
1962	235	+6.8%
1968	264	+12.3%
1975	330	+25.0%
1982	585	+77.3%
1990	787	+34.5%
1999	966	+22.7%
2008	976	+1.0%

See also

• Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

References

• INSEE