Brieux

Brieux (French pronunciation: [bʁjø]) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France. The town gave its name to the ancestors of Robert the Bruce, Bruce being the Anglicisation of "Brieux".

Brieux
The church in Brieux
Location of Brieux
Brieux
Brieux
Coordinates: 48°50′24″N 0°04′54″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementArgentan
CantonArgentan-1
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Catherine Gaignon
Area
1
5.17 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
90
  Density17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61062 /61160
Elevation110–212 m (361–696 ft)
(avg. 133 m or 436 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793326    
1800330+1.2%
1806305−7.6%
1821315+3.3%
1836330+4.8%
1841318−3.6%
1846304−4.4%
1851304+0.0%
1856306+0.7%
1861283−7.5%
1866281−0.7%
1872241−14.2%
1876228−5.4%
1881233+2.2%
1886225−3.4%
1891174−22.7%
1896179+2.9%
1901154−14.0%
1906139−9.7%
1911104−25.2%
1921132+26.9%
1926157+18.9%
1931160+1.9%
1936151−5.6%
1946129−14.6%
1954126−2.3%
1962138+9.5%
1968136−1.4%
1975111−18.4%
198276−31.5%
199074−2.6%
199993+25.7%
200694+1.1%
200992−2.1%

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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