Brie, Charente

Brie
Town hall
Brie
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Brie
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	La Rochefoucauld
Intercommunality	Braconne et Charente
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Guy Branchut
Area1	34.05 km2 (13.15 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	3,755
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16061 / 16590
Elevation	67–167 m (220–548 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1800	1,742	—
1806	1,509	−13.4%
1821	1,728	+14.5%
1831	2,054	+18.9%
1841	1,868	−9.1%
1846	1,960	+4.9%
1851	2,118	+8.1%
1856	1,952	−7.8%
1861	1,754	−10.1%
1866	1,733	−1.2%
1872	1,665	−3.9%
1876	1,616	−2.9%
1881	1,718	+6.3%
1886	1,557	−9.4%
1891	1,370	−12.0%
1896	1,287	−6.1%
1901	1,228	−4.6%
1906	1,224	−0.3%
1911	1,170	−4.4%
1921	1,024	−12.5%
1926	1,012	−1.2%
1931	1,030	+1.8%
1936	1,068	+3.7%
1946	1,006	−5.8%
1954	1,028	+2.2%
1962	1,242	+20.8%
1968	1,034	−16.7%
1975	1,276	+23.4%
1982	1,931	+51.3%
1990	2,728	+41.3%
1999	2,987	+9.5%
2008	3,755	+25.7%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE