Briastre

Briastre
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Community association	Caudrésis et Catésis
Coordinates	50 ° 10 ′  N , 3 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′  N , 3 ° 29 ′  E
height	67-126 m
surface	6.92 km 2
Residents	748 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	108 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	59730
INSEE code	59108
Website	http://www.briastre.net/

Briastre is a French municipality with 748 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Cambrai and the canton of Le Cateau-Cambrésis (until 2015: canton of Solesmes ). The inhabitants are called Briastrois .

geography

Briastre is about 17 kilometers east of Cambrai . The river Selle flows through the community . Briastre is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Solesmes in the north and east, Neuvilly in the south and south-east, Inchy in the south and Viesly in the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	843	890	851	714	650	619	626	758
Source: Cassini and INSEE

economy

There is a large chemical processing company in Briastre. There are farms in the vicinity of the city.

Attractions

• Saint-Pierre church from 1720
• British war cemetery
• Lamour Mill

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  Saint-Pierre church

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  British war cemetery

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1493-1494.

Web links

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

• Monuments historiques (objects) in Briastre in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ACK Plastiques SAS - Company Profile and News. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .