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 Show map of France Saint-Brice Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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%
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

• INSEE

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.