Saint-Brice, Charente

Saint-Brice
Coat of arms
Saint-Brice
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Saint-Brice
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Cognac-Nord
Intercommunality	Cognac
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	André Pelletant
Area1	9.30 km2 (3.59 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,095
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16304 / 16100
Elevation	5–55 m (16–180 ft) (avg. 54 m or 177 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.

Saint-Brice is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	591	—
1800	523	−11.5%
1806	540	+3.3%
1821	608	+12.6%
1831	608	+0.0%
1841	661	+8.7%
1846	669	+1.2%
1851	670	+0.1%
1856	714	+6.6%
1861	687	−3.8%
1866	677	−1.5%
1872	677	+0.0%
1876	690	+1.9%
1881	676	−2.0%
1886	627	−7.2%
1891	597	−4.8%
1896	625	+4.7%
1901	582	−6.9%
1906	619	+6.4%
1911	657	+6.1%
1921	553	−15.8%
1926	547	−1.1%
1931	535	−2.2%
1936	531	−0.7%
1946	525	−1.1%
1954	636	+21.1%
1962	775	+21.9%
1968	778	+0.4%
1975	950	+22.1%
1982	963	+1.4%
1990	1,002	+4.0%
1999	970	−3.2%
2008	1,095	+12.9%

Personalities

• Kilian Hennessy - Patriarch of the Hennessy cognac house

Twin towns

• Radda in Chianti, Italy

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE