Bran (Charente-Maritime)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac | |
| Canton | Les Trois Monts | |
| Community association | Haute-Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 21 ′ N , 0 ° 16 ′ W | |
| height | 62-101 m | |
| surface | 4.14 km 2 | |
| Residents | 130 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 31 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17210 | |
| INSEE code | 17061 | |
 Bran Town Hall |
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Bran is a southwestern French community with 130 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement Jonzac and the canton Les Trois Monts (until 2015 Montendre ). The inhabitants are called Brannais .
location
Bran is located in the south of the Saintonge about 65 kilometers north-northeast of Bordeaux . Bran is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde in the north and east, Chantillac in the south and south-east and Vanzac in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 205 | 196 | 157 | 135 | 132 | 129 | 122 | 130 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Bran (Charente-Maritime)
- Saint-André church from the 14th / 15th centuries century
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 487-488.
Web links
Commons : Bran - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
