Brossac

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

Brossac
Vallier Pond
Location of Brossac
Brossac
Brossac
Coordinates: 45°19′56″N 0°02′36″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente
ArrondissementCognac
CantonCharente-Sud
Intercommunality3B - Sud-Charente
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Joseph Rousselière
Area
1
21.84 km2 (8.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
486
  Density22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
16066 /16480
Elevation75–184 m (246–604 ft)
(avg. 159 m or 522 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.±%
17931,019    
18001,017−0.2%
1806896−11.9%
18211,073+19.8%
18311,277+19.0%
18411,154−9.6%
18461,164+0.9%
18511,168+0.3%
18561,200+2.7%
18611,163−3.1%
18661,136−2.3%
18721,066−6.2%
18761,132+6.2%
18811,167+3.1%
18861,111−4.8%
1891987−11.2%
1896948−4.0%
1901906−4.4%
1906913+0.8%
1911961+5.3%
1921890−7.4%
1926933+4.8%
1931879−5.8%
1936899+2.3%
1946860−4.3%
1954832−3.3%
1962862+3.6%
1968778−9.7%
1975679−12.7%
1982635−6.5%
1990593−6.6%
1999525−11.5%
2008535+1.9%

Castle of Brossac

The written sources describing defensive functions of that premises dates back to the early Middle Ages. The castle was to control the surrounding fiefs and a former Romanian road Saintes – Périgueux – Cahors. Dating from the old Middle Ages the premises and the castle as a part of a Durfort's fief were in a possession of Vigier de La Cour Family. Nextly, in 1725 the premises and the castle fell under the rule of de Lafaye Family. The family started to use an epithet Bourgoin after the location name. During the French Revolution in 1789, Pierre de Lafaye du Bourgoin hold a position of a lawyer in Bordeoux Parliament, a seneschal judge in Brossac. In 1874 Pierre-François de Lafaye du Bourgoin re – constructed the small castle into a manor house in the style of Napoleon the 3rd. Lately, there was an artist painter, Mrs. Alexandra Blonde, who lived there.

References

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


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