Briare

Briare
region	Center-Val de Loire
Department	Loiret
Arrondissement	Montargis
Canton	Gien
Community association	Berry Loire Puisaye
Coordinates	47 ° 38 ′ N , 2 ° 44 ′ E Coordinates: 47 ° 38 ′ N , 2 ° 44 ′ E
height	122-189 m
surface	45.41 km 2
Residents	5,209 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	115 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	45250
INSEE code	45053
Website	www.villedebriare.fr
	; town hall

Briare (sometimes Briare-le-Canal is called) is a French municipality with 5,209 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Loiret in the region Center-Val de Loire . It has belonged to the canton of Gien in the arrondissement of Montargis since 2015 .

geography

The city is located on the right bank of the river Loire , at the mouth of named after her navigation canal de Briare Canal .

Neighboring municipalities are Ouzouer-sur-Trézée in the northeast, Ousson-sur-Loire in the southeast, Châtillon-sur-Loire in the south, Saint-Firmin-sur-Loire in the southwest and Gien in the northwest.

history

The original Roman name was Brivodurum . Little by little, a small town developed that lived mainly from trade on the Loire and viticulture . Under Henry IV the idea arose to connect the Loire and Seine rivers by a ship canal . But only in 1642 was under Louis XIII. the Canal de Briare completed, which flows into the Loire at Briare. Since the Loire river was not navigable with larger merchant ships because of its many shallows , the Loire Lateral Canal ( Canal latéral à la Loire ) was built and completed in 1838. That is why an earthenware factory was founded there in 1837, which later produced porcelain buttons and then mosaics . But the river crossing of the Loire at Briare was always dangerous and dependent on the water flow. Finally, the famous canal bridge over the Loire (Pont-Canal) was designed by the engineer Léonce-Abel Mazoyer and built by Gustave Eiffel with the help of the company and opened in 1896. This means that there are no longer any obstacles to a positive development in canal shipping and the trading city of Briare.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Residents	4.114	5,140	5,637	6.267	6,070	5,994	5,703

economy

Part of the agricultural area is used for viticulture . The vineyards of the municipality are assigned to the protected designation of origin Coteaux du Giennois .
Mosaic production under the brand "Émaux de Briare"

Montargis Festival Hall with Briare Mosaic - Artist: Pietro Favret, 1925.

Leisure harbor
River tourism (excursion boats, sport boats and houseboats )

traffic

The Autoroute A77 ( Autoroute de l'Arbre ) runs along the northeastern edge of the development and can be reached via junction 20 ( Briare ).
Since 1861, the municipality has a railway station on the railway line Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons-Lyon-Perrache which trains of TER Center-Val de Loire the connection Paris-Bercy - Nevers is operated.

Culture and sights

Buildings

The church Saint-Etienne , built in 1890-1895 in the Romano-Byzantine style, decorations mosaic of fall through the remarkable Eugène Grasset on
The canal bridge over the Loire (length: 662.69 m) is a metal construction, designed by Léonce-Abel Mazoyer , built in part by Gustave Eiffel's company , which opened in 1896
Old swing bridge at the harbor