Brèches
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Quinone | |
| Canton | Langeais | |
| Community association | Touraine Ouest Val de Loire | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 34 ' N , 0 ° 23' E | |
| height | 74-133 m | |
| surface | 11.63 km 2 | |
| Residents | 248 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 21 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 37330 | |
| INSEE code | 37037 | |
Brèches is a 248 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) scoring French community in the region Center-Val de Loire in the department of Indre-et-Loire . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Chinon and the canton of Langeais (until 2015: canton of Château-la-Vallière ). The inhabitants are called Brèchois .
location
Brèches is about 40 kilometers northwest of the city center of Tours . Brèches is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Chenu in the north and northwest, Saint-Paterne-Racan in the north and east, Sonzay in the southeast, Souvigné in and Couesmes in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 314 | 300 | 236 | 250 | 241 | 255 | 279 | 248 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Menhir Saint-Martin
- church
- Former priory
Personalities
- Alfred-Armand-Louis-Marie Velpeau (1795–1867), anatomist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Indre-et-Loire. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-115-5 , pp. 320-322.
Web links
Commons : Brèches - collection of images, videos and audio files
