Brion (Vienne)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Montmorillon | |
| Canton | Lussac-les-Châteaux | |
| Community association | Civraisien en Poitou | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 21 ′ N , 0 ° 28 ′ E | |
| height | 109-141 m | |
| surface | 16.08 km 2 | |
| Residents | 226 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 14 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 86160 | |
| INSEE code | 86038 | |
Brion is a French municipality with 226 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Montmorillon and the canton of Lussac-les-Châteaux (until 2015: canton of Gençay ). The inhabitants are called Brionnais .
geography
Brion is located about 29 kilometers south-southeast of Poitiers on the Clouère . Brion is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Maurice-la-Clouère in the north and north-west, Saint-Laurent-de-Jourdes in the east and north-east, Bouresse in the east, Saint-Secondin in the south, La Ferrière-Airoux in the south-west, Magné in the west and Gençay in the northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 299 | 278 | 224 | 203 | 197 | 203 | 237 | 251 |
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Attractions
- Saint Martin Church
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vienne. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-128-7 , pp. 293-295.
Web links
Commons : Brion - collection of images, videos and audio files
