La Brousse

La Brousse
La Brousse
Location within Poitou-Charentes region La Brousse
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Canton	Matha
Intercommunality	Pays de Matha
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Christian Perot
Area1	18.84 km2 (7.27 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	499
• Density	26/km2 (69/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17071 / 17160
Elevation	34–78 m (112–256 ft) (avg. 45 m or 148 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

La Brousse is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Poitou-Charentes region in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	638	—
1800	766	+20.1%
1806	759	−0.9%
1821	701	−7.6%
1831	838	+19.5%
1836	839	+0.1%
1841	882	+5.1%
1846	941	+6.7%
1851	936	−0.5%
1856	907	−3.1%
1861	928	+2.3%
1866	901	−2.9%
1872	907	+0.7%
1876	924	+1.9%
1881	872	−5.6%
1886	818	−6.2%
1891	775	−5.3%
1896	709	−8.5%
1901	721	+1.7%
1906	722	+0.1%
1911	708	−1.9%
1921	640	−9.6%
1926	621	−3.0%
1931	593	−4.5%
1936	629	+6.1%
1946	528	−16.1%
1954	549	+4.0%
1962	592	+7.8%
1968	576	−2.7%
1975	569	−1.2%
1982	530	−6.9%
1990	520	−1.9%
1999	477	−8.3%
2008	499	+4.6%

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE