Bréville
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | cognac | |
| Canton | Cognac-1 | |
| Community association | Grand Cognac | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 48 ′ N , 0 ° 16 ′ W | |
| height | 16–32 m | |
| surface | 15.39 km 2 | |
| Residents | 466 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 30 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 16370 | |
| INSEE code | 16060 | |
| Website | http://www.breville.org/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Bréville |
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Bréville is a municipality in southwestern France with 466 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Charente department in the south of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Cognac and the canton of Cognac-1 (until 2015: canton of Cognac-Nord ). The inhabitants are called Brévillois .
location
Bréville is about ten kilometers north-northeast of the city center of Cognac on the Soloire . Bréville is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sonnac in the north, Brie-sous-Matha in the north and northeast, Ballans in the east, Sainte-Sévère in the south and southeast, Cherves-Richemont in the southwest and Mons in the west and northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 469 | 491 | 434 | 495 | 495 | 512 | 506 | 466 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Benoît church from the 12th century, renovations from the 15th century
Personalities
- Jacques Pras (1924–1992), racing cyclist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Calvados. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-111-2 , pp. 362-364.
Web links
Commons : Bréville (Charente) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
