Brillon
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | North | |
Arrondissement | Valenciennes | |
Canton | Saint-Amand-les-Eaux | |
Community association | Porte du Hainaut | |
Coordinates | 50 ° 26 ' N , 3 ° 20' E | |
height | 16-21 m | |
surface | 2.87 km 2 | |
Residents | 738 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 257 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 59178 | |
INSEE code | 59109 | |
Town Hall (Mairie) of Brillon |
Brillon is a French municipality with 738 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . Administratively, the municipality is assigned to the arrondissement of Valenciennes ; it belongs to the canton of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (until 2015: canton of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux-Rive gauche ).
geography
Brillon is located in French Flanders near the Belgian border, about 10 kilometers northwest of Valenciennes and about 25 kilometers southeast of Lille . Brillon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sars-et-Rosières in the north, Rosult in the northeast, Bousignies in the east and Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes in the south and west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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Residents | 383 | 464 | 507 | 535 | 621 | 684 | 722 | 732 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Amand church
- Calvaire
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1433-1434.
Web links
Commons : Brillon - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Brillon in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture