Burie
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Saintes | |
| Canton | Chaniers | |
| Community association | Saintes | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 46 ′ N , 0 ° 25 ′ W | |
| height | 19-103 m | |
| surface | 9.19 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,279 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 139 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17770 | |
| INSEE code | 17072 | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) of Burie |
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Burie is a place and a western French community with 1,279 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Saintes and the canton of Chaniers (until 2015: canton of Burie ). The inhabitants are called buriauds .
location
Burie is located in the Saintonge about 16 kilometers east-northeast of Saintes . Burie is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Villars-les-Bois in the north, Migron in the northeast, Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac in the south and east and Saint-Bris-des-Bois in the west. The former route nationale 731 (today's D731) runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1188 | 1263 | 1165 | 1111 | 1209 | 1265 | 1260 | 1279 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Romanesque church of Saint-Léger from the 12th century, monument historique since 1982
- Burie castle from the 16th century, monument historique since 1925
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Burie
Saint-Léger church
Part of the castle
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 167-169.
