Brûlain
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Deux-Sèvres | |
Arrondissement | Niort | |
Canton | La Plaine Niortaise | |
Community association | Niortais | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 12 ′ N , 0 ° 19 ′ W | |
height | 46-89 m | |
surface | 24.67 km 2 | |
Residents | 757 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 31 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 79230 | |
INSEE code | 79058 |
Brûlain is a French municipality with 757 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Deux-Sèvres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Niort and the Canton of La Plaine Niortaise (until 2015: Canton Prahecq ) and is a member of the Communauté d'agglomération du Niortais .
geography
Brûlain is located in the metropolitan area about 20 kilometers southeast of Niort . Brûlain is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Prahecq in the north and north-west, Sainte-Blandine in the north and north-east, Saint-Médard and Périgné in the east, Secondigné-sur-Belle in the south, Les Fosses in the south-west and Saint-Romans-des-Champs in the west .
The A10 autoroute runs through the municipality . The municipality's train station is on the Chartres – Bordeaux line .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
Residents | 645 | 589 | 526 | 538 | 563 | 538 | 629 | 702 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint Martin Church