Brettes

Brettes
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms of Brettes Coat of arms
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Nord
Intercommunality	Val de Charente
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Andre
Area1	12.21 km2 (4.71 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2
INSEE/Postal code	16059 / 16240
Elevation	75–126 m (246–413 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 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.

Brettes (French pronunciation: ​[bʁɛt]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% 1793 425 —     1800 477 +12.2% 1806 468 −1.9% 1821 475 +1.5% 1831 563 +18.5% 1841 619 +9.9% 1846 590 −4.7% 1851 563 −4.6% 1856 600 +6.6% 1861 585 −2.5% 1866 542 −7.4% 1872 495 −8.7% 1876 465 −6.1% 1881 470 +1.1% 1886 429 −8.7% 1891 433 +0.9% 1896 402 −7.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1901 358 −10.9% 1906 369 +3.1% 1911 380 +3.0% 1921 341 −10.3% 1926 285 −16.4% 1931 303 +6.3% 1936 294 −3.0% 1946 272 −7.5% 1954 278 +2.2% 1962 261 −6.1% 1968 232 −11.1% 1975 208 −10.3% 1982 197 −5.3% 1990 197 +0.0% 1999 187 −5.1% 2008 189 +1.1%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department