Briare

Briare (French pronunciation: [bʁijaʁ] ^ⓘ, also known as Briare-le-Canal) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France, in the historical region of Puisaye. The composer and organist Henri Nibelle (1883–1967) was born in Briare.

Briare
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Briare
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Coordinates: 47°38′20″N 2°44′24″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loiret
Arrondissement	Montargis
Canton	Gien
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre-François Bouguet[1]
Area 1	45.41 km2 (17.53 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	5,012
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	45053 /45250
Elevation	122–189 m (400–620 ft) (avg. 144 m or 472 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Briare, the Brivodorum of the Romans is situated at the extremity of the Briare Canal, which unites the river Loire and its lateral canal with the Loing and so with the Seine. The lateral canal of the Loire crosses the Loire near Briare by the Briare aqueduct which is 662 m long.^[3] Briare station has rail connections to Montargis, Nevers and Paris.

The harbour

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,655 —     1800 1,655 +0.00% 1806 1,819 +1.59% 1821 2,082 +0.90% 1831 2,730 +2.75% 1836 2,977 +1.75% 1841 3,239 +1.70% 1846 3,227 −0.07% 1851 3,477 +1.50% 1856 3,843 +2.02% 1861 3,927 +0.43% 1866 4,346 +2.05% 1872 4,775 +1.58% 1876 5,153 +1.92% 1881 5,590 +1.64% 1886 5,894 +1.06% 1891 6,684 +2.55% 1896 5,814 −2.75%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 5,630 −0.64% 1906 5,227 −1.47% 1911 4,637 −2.37% 1921 4,577 −0.13% 1926 4,135 −2.01% 1931 4,012 −0.60% 1936 3,791 −1.13% 1946 3,833 +0.11% 1954 3,895 +0.20% 1962 4,114 +0.69% 1968 5,140 +3.78% 1975 5,637 +1.33% 1982 6,267 +1.53% 1990 6,070 −0.40% 1999 5,994 −0.14% 2007 5,660 −0.71% 2012 5,760 +0.35% 2017 5,209 −1.99%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Loiret department
• Emaux de Briare the mosaic manufacturer which made the town double its size in the late 19th century.

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Briare". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 516.
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Briare, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Town council website