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region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	The
Canton	Le Diois
Community association	Diois
Coordinates	44 ° 35 ′ N , 5 ° 19 ′ E Coordinates: 44 ° 35 ′ N , 5 ° 19 ′ E
height	514-1,605 m
surface	15.50 km 2
Residents	40 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	3 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	26340
INSEE code	26062
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Brette is a French municipality with 40 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the south of the department Drôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Le Diois and the municipal association Pays Diois .

geography

Brette is located at an average altitude of 1060 meters above sea level 45 kilometers northeast of Montélimar , surrounded by the neighboring communities are Pradelle , Saint-Nazaire-le-Désert and Volvent . The Roanne flows on the western edge through the municipality, which has an area of 15.5 square kilometers.

history

In 1793, during the French Revolution (1789–1799) , Brette received the status of a municipality and in 1801 the right to local self-government. The municipality had the highest population (254) in 1851. After that, the population decreased until 1990, when the municipality only had 27 inhabitants.

year	1851	1886	1906	1926	1954	1975	1990	2008	2016
Residents	254	174	153	97	63	31	27	31	41

Culture and sights

There is a plaque on the cemetery wall commemorating an agreement that was reached between the Catholics and Protestants of Brette in 1636. They shared the cemetery , but entered it through different gates to avoid conflict.

economy

The main occupation in Brette is lavender cultivation . The lavender is distilled and the oil is sold locally. Another line of business is tourism, there is a hiking trail through the lavender fields and an old distillery. There are two holiday homes in Brette and a hostel in the mountains. It was originally used by workers in a copper mine, then served as a farm and later housed forest workers.

Lavender field

In the municipality, there are controlled designations of origin (AOC) for Picodon and Protected Geographical Indications (IGP) for lamb ( Agneau de Sisteron ) , poultry ( Volailles de la Drôme ) , honey ( Miel de Provence ) , einkorn and einkorn flour ( Farine de Petit épeautre respectively Petit épeautre de haute Provence ) , lavender oil ( Huile essentielle de lavande de Haute-Provence ) and white , rosé and red wines with the designation ( Drôme and Méditerranée ) .

Web links

Commons : Brette - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Le village de Brette. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved September 16, 2011 (French).
↑ ^a ^b Brette - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved September 16, 2011 (French).
↑ 26 - Le patrimoine funéraire de la Drôme: état des lieux. In: landrucimetieres.fr. Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs, accessed September 16, 2011 (French).
↑ aux Sources de la Drôme. In: diois-tourisme.com. Office de tourisme de Pays Diois, accessed on 22 August 2012 (French).
↑ GAEC de Brette Vieille. In: gaec-brettevieille.com. Retrieved August 22, 2012 (French).

[annu-1] Le village de Brette. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved September 16, 2011 (French).

[cassini-2] Brette - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved September 16, 2011 (French).

[3] 26 - Le patrimoine funéraire de la Drôme: état des lieux. In: landrucimetieres.fr. Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs, accessed September 16, 2011 (French).

[4] aux Sources de la Drôme. In: diois-tourisme.com. Office de tourisme de Pays Diois, accessed on 22 August 2012 (French).

[5] GAEC de Brette Vieille. In: gaec-brettevieille.com. Retrieved August 22, 2012 (French).