Mézières-en-Brenne

Mézières-en-Brenne is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Mézières-en-Brenne
Commune
The town hall in Mézières-en-Brenne
Coat of arms
Location of Mézières-en-Brenne
Mézières-en-Brenne
Mézières-en-Brenne
Coordinates: 46°49′18″N 1°12′41″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentIndre
ArrondissementLe Blanc
CantonLe Blanc
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Louis Camus
Area
1
57.57 km2 (22.23 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,001
 • Density17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
36123 /36290
Elevation84–138 m (276–453 ft)
(avg. 90 m or 300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Natural park

It is located is at the heart of the Brenne regional natural park. The Brenne is one of France's most important wetlands. A large diversity of natural habitats is responsible for an abundance of wildlife of which the best known are the birds: purple heron, black-necked grebe, bittern, marsh harrier, whiskered tern, short-toed eagle. The Brenne is also Europe's most important site for the European pond tortoise.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 1,338—    
1800 1,346+0.6%
1806 1,408+4.6%
1821 1,454+3.3%
1831 1,542+6.1%
1836 1,656+7.4%
1841 1,541−6.9%
1846 1,598+3.7%
1851 1,672+4.6%
1856 1,740+4.1%
1861 1,681−3.4%
1866 1,824+8.5%
1872 1,835+0.6%
1876 1,856+1.1%
1881 1,760−5.2%
1886 1,818+3.3%
1891 1,820+0.1%
YearPop.±%
1896 1,853+1.8%
1901 1,996+7.7%
1906 2,000+0.2%
1911 1,926−3.7%
1921 1,695−12.0%
1926 1,495−11.8%
1931 1,423−4.8%
1936 1,406−1.2%
1946 1,485+5.6%
1954 1,389−6.5%
1962 1,312−5.5%
1968 1,232−6.1%
1975 1,168−5.2%
1982 1,186+1.5%
1990 1,194+0.7%
1999 1,159−2.9%
2009 1,076−7.2%

See also

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


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