Bréville, Charente

Bréville is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Bréville
Commune
The sculpture in the main square in Bréville
Location of Bréville
Bréville Bréville
Coordinates: 45°47′50″N 0°15′39″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Cognac-1
Intercommunality	Cognac
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Loup Mercier
Area ^1	15.39 km^2 (5.94 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	466
• Density	30/km^2 (78/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16060 /16370
Elevation	15–31 m (49–102 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 526 —     1800 616 +17.1% 1806 624 +1.3% 1821 741 +18.8% 1831 760 +2.6% 1841 791 +4.1% 1846 775 −2.0% 1851 824 +6.3% 1856 769 −6.7% 1861 766 −0.4% 1866 811 +5.9% 1872 776 −4.3% 1876 742 −4.4% 1881 698 −5.9% 1886 701 +0.4% 1891 710 +1.3% 1896 713 +0.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 687 −3.6% 1906 633 −7.9% 1911 552 −12.8% 1921 477 −13.6% 1926 518 +8.6% 1931 507 −2.1% 1936 470 −7.3% 1946 473 +0.6% 1954 490 +3.6% 1962 469 −4.3% 1968 491 +4.7% 1975 434 −11.6% 1982 495 +14.1% 1990 495 +0.0% 1999 512 +3.4% 2008 521 +1.8%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.