Brieux

Brieux
Commune
The church in Brieux
Location of Brieux
Brieux Brieux
Coordinates: 48°50′24″N 0°04′54″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Argentan-1
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Catherine Gaignon
Area 1	5.17 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	90
• Density	17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61062 /61160
Elevation	110–212 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.

Brieux (French pronunciation: [bʁijø] ) 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".

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 326 —     1800 330 +1.2% 1806 305 −7.6% 1821 315 +3.3% 1836 330 +4.8% 1841 318 −3.6% 1846 304 −4.4% 1851 304 +0.0% 1856 306 +0.7% 1861 283 −7.5% 1866 281 −0.7% 1872 241 −14.2% 1876 228 −5.4% 1881 233 +2.2% 1886 225 −3.4% 1891 174 −22.7% 1896 179 +2.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 154 −14.0% 1906 139 −9.7% 1911 104 −25.2% 1921 132 +26.9% 1926 157 +18.9% 1931 160 +1.9% 1936 151 −5.6% 1946 129 −14.6% 1954 126 −2.3% 1962 138 +9.5% 1968 136 −1.4% 1975 111 −18.4% 1982 76 −31.5% 1990 74 −2.6% 1999 93 +25.7% 2006 94 +1.1% 2009 92 −2.1%

See also

• Communes of the Orne department