Saint-Brice, Charente

Saint-Brice (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃bʁis]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It is named after Saint Brice of Tours.

Saint-Brice
Commune
The chateau in Saint-Brice
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Brice
Saint-Brice Saint-Brice
Coordinates: 45°41′20″N 0°16′34″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Cognac-1
Intercommunality	Cognac
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	André Pelletant
Area ^1	9.30 km^2 (3.59 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	965
• Density	100/km^2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16304 /16100
Elevation	5–55 m (16–180 ft) (avg. 54 m or 177 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 591 —     1800 523 −11.5% 1806 540 +3.3% 1821 608 +12.6% 1831 608 +0.0% 1841 661 +8.7% 1846 669 +1.2% 1851 670 +0.1% 1856 714 +6.6% 1861 687 −3.8% 1866 677 −1.5% 1872 677 +0.0% 1876 690 +1.9% 1881 676 −2.0% 1886 627 −7.2% 1891 597 −4.8% 1896 625 +4.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 582 −6.9% 1906 619 +6.4% 1911 657 +6.1% 1921 553 −15.8% 1926 547 −1.1% 1931 535 −2.2% 1936 531 −0.7% 1946 525 −1.1% 1954 636 +21.1% 1962 775 +21.9% 1968 778 +0.4% 1975 950 +22.1% 1982 963 +1.4% 1990 1,002 +4.0% 1999 970 −3.2% 2008 1,095 +12.9%

Personalities

• Kilian Hennessy - Patriarch of the Hennessy cognac house[2]

Twin towns

• Radda in Chianti, Italy

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. "Cognac magnate Kilian Hennessy dies at 103". Agence France Presse. 2010-10-03. Retrieved 2010-10-10.