Briant (Saône-et-Loire)
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Saône-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Charolles | |
| Canton | Chauffailles | |
| Community association | Canton de Semur-en-Brionnais | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 18 ' N , 4 ° 9' E | |
| height | 280-548 m | |
| surface | 13.31 km 2 | |
| Residents | 224 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 17 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 71110 | |
| INSEE code | 71060 | |
 Briant - the townscape |
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Briant is a French municipality with 224 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Saone-et-Loire in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté . The place referred to in medieval documents as Branovium, Brianeum or Brienna is considered the historical center of Brionnais .
location
Briant lies at an altitude of about 350 meters above sea level. d. M. in the old cultural landscape of the Brionnais in the south of Burgundy. The place is located about 25 kilometers (driving distance) southwest of Charolles and about 72 kilometers west of Mâcon . The worth seeing places Saint-Julien-de-Jonzy and Charlieu are only ten and 20 kilometers south. Marcigny , to which Briant once belonged, is about 13 kilometers to the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 310 | 318 | 264 | 265 | 225 | 206 | 211 |
In the 19th century the place had over 500 inhabitants at times, so that the parish church had to be enlarged.
economy
The hilly surroundings of Briant have always been characterized by agriculture, with cattle breeding ( Charolais cattle) playing a major role. The place itself functioned as a handicraft, trade and service center for several hamlets and individual farms in the area until the early 20th century.
history
The place is associated with the Branovii tribe , of whom Julius Caesar speaks in his work 'The Gallic War' ( De Bello Gallico ), but so far no finds from Roman times have been discovered. In 1103 the church and place the landlord (were seigneur ) of Semur of Cluny Abbey passed, they turn the Priorat imputed Marcigny.
Attractions
The apse , transept and crossing tower of the former single-nave parish church date from the 11th / 12th. Century; they are built from a mixture of broken and house stones and are largely unadorned. The now three-aisled nave and the west facade were renewed in the 19th century in neo-Romanesque styles.
