Barbechat

Barbechat is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Divatte-sur-Loire.[2]

Barbechat
Part of Divatte-sur-Loire
The church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, in Barbechat
Coat of arms
Location of Barbechat
Barbechat Show map of France Barbechat Show map of Pays de la Loire
Coordinates: 47°17′00″N 1°17′00″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Vallet
Commune	Divatte-sur-Loire
Area ^1	11.76 km^2 (4.54 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	1,397
• Density	120/km^2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	44450
Elevation	7–84 m (23–276 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.	±%
1872	1,119	—
1876	1,169	+4.5%
1881	1,111	−5.0%
1886	1,059	−4.7%
1891	998	−5.8%
1896	950	−4.8%
1901	904	−4.8%
1906	854	−5.5%
1911	843	−1.3%
1921	711	−15.7%
1926	663	−6.8%
1931	608	−8.3%
1936	581	−4.4%
1946	552	−5.0%
1954	592	+7.2%
1962	584	−1.4%
1968	608	+4.1%
1975	566	−6.9%
1982	808	+42.8%
1990	905	+12.0%
1999	1,061	+17.2%
2006	1,223	+15.3%
2009	1,275	+4.3%

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Barbechat:[3]

• Saarijärvi, Central Finland, Finland
• Trittau (Amt) consisting of the following municipalities: Grande; Grönwohld; Großensee; Hamfelde; Hohenfelde; Köthel; Lütjensee; Rausdorf; Trittau and Witzhave, Germany

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 20 October 2015
3. "Ystävyyskuntatoiminta" (in Norwegian). City of Saarijärvi. Archived from the original on December 6, 2013. Retrieved 2012-06-01.

External links

• Official site