Briare

Briare (pronounced [bʁijaʁ], also known as Briare-le-Canal) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. The composer and organist Henri Nibelle (1883–1967) was born in Briare.

Briare
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Briare
Briare
Briare
Coordinates: 47°38′20″N 2°44′24″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentLoiret
ArrondissementMontargis
CantonGien
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Pierre-François Bouguet
Area
1
45.41 km2 (17.53 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
5,209
  Density110/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
45053 /45250
Elevation122–189 m (400–620 ft)
(avg. 144 m or 472 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Briare, the Brivodorum of the Romans is situated at the extremity of the Briare Canal, which unites the river Loire and its lateral canal with the Loing and so with the Seine. The lateral canal of the Loire crosses the Loire near Briare by the Briare aqueduct which is 662 m long.[2]

The harbour

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 1,655    
1800 1,655+0.0%
1806 1,819+9.9%
1821 2,082+14.5%
1831 2,730+31.1%
1836 2,977+9.0%
1841 3,239+8.8%
1846 3,227−0.4%
1851 3,477+7.7%
1856 3,843+10.5%
1861 3,927+2.2%
1866 4,346+10.7%
1872 4,775+9.9%
1876 5,153+7.9%
1881 5,590+8.5%
1886 5,894+5.4%
1891 6,684+13.4%
1896 5,814−13.0%
1901 5,630−3.2%
1906 5,227−7.2%
1911 4,637−11.3%
1921 4,577−1.3%
1926 4,135−9.7%
1931 4,012−3.0%
1936 3,791−5.5%
1946 3,833+1.1%
1954 3,895+1.6%
1962 4,114+5.6%
1968 5,140+24.9%
1975 5,637+9.7%
1982 6,267+11.2%
1990 6,070−3.1%
1999 5,989−1.3%
2006 5,703−4.8%
2009 5,688−0.3%
2012 5,760+1.3%
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See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Briare". Encyclopædia Britannica. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 516.



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