Brie, Deux-Sèvres

Brie
Brie
Part of Plaine-et-Vallées
	The church in Brie
	Location of Brie
	Brie Brie
	Coordinates: 46°55′14″N 0°02′23″W / 46.9206°N 0.0397°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement	Bressuire
Canton	Le Val de Thouet
Commune	Plaine-et-Vallées
Area 1	11.96 km2 (4.62 sq mi)
Population (2017)	171
• Density	14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	79100
Elevation	50–71 m (164–233 ft) ; (avg. 88 m or 289 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Brie is a former commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Plaine-et-Vallées.^[2]

Geography

The commune of Brie, located north of the department of Deux-Sèvres, is limited to the east by the department of Vienne. Located 15 kilometers east-southeast of Thouars, it is watered by the Vieille Dive, a secondary arm of the river Dive.

The municipality of Brie is part of the community of communes of Thouarsais and the union of Pays Thouarsais. The town is located at Coordonnées 46° 55′ 14″ north, 0° 02′ 23″ east and at an Altitude of Min. 50 m – Max. 71m.

History

On the map of Cassini showing France between 1756 and 1789, the village is identified as Brye.

By prefectural order of December 4, 1972 effective January 1, 1973, the municipalities of Bilazais, Brie and Noizé merged with Oiron. On 14 February 1983, Brie became independent again (prefectural decree of 11 February 1983).

Policy and Administration

List of successive mayors

Until January 2002 the mayor was Yvon Réau.
From February 2002 and re-elected in 2008 the mayor was Norbert Bonneau PS.^[3]

Places and monuments

The church whose stained-glass windows were redone in modern form, which brings a very particular luminosity inside the nave
The old chapel of Sazais

L'église
Nef de l'église
L'ancienne chapelle de Sazais

Demography

Beginning in the 21st century, real censuses of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants take place every five years. For Brie, this corresponds to 2004, 2009, 2014,^[4] and so on. Other census dates (2006, 2010, etc.) are legal estimates.

References

^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
^ Arrêté préfectoral 7 November 2018 (in French)
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2011-07-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ https://www.insee.fr/fr/accueil

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[1] Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE

[2] Arrêté préfectoral 7 November 2018 (in French)

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2011-07-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] ttps://www.insee.fr/fr/accueil

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