Le Brusquet

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

Le Brusquet
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Le Brusquet
Le Brusquet Le Brusquet
Coordinates: 44°09′42″N 6°18′37″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Digne-les-Bains
Canton	Seyne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Yves Roux
Area ^1	22.25 km^2 (8.59 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	958
• Density	43/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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%

Year Pop. ±% 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

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