La Roche-en-Brenil is a French municipality with 869 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Côte-d'Or department in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté (before 2016 Bourgogne ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Montbard and the canton of Semur-en-Auxois (until 2015 Saulieu ).
geography
La Roche-en-Brenil is about 58 kilometers west-northwest of Dijon in the Morvan . The municipality is crossed by the rivers Argentalet , Romanée and its tributary Tournesac . La Roche-en-Brenil is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sincey-lès-Rouvray in the north and north-west, Montberthault and Courcelles-Frémoy in the north, Thoste in the north-east, Dompierre-en-Morvan and Lacour-d'Arcenay in the east, Molphey in the south-east , Saint-Didier in the south, Saint-Agnan in the south-west, Saint-Germain-de-Modéon in the west and Rouvray in the north-west.
Population development
| year |
1962 |
1968 |
1975 |
1982 |
1990 |
1999 |
2006 |
2011 |
2016
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| Residents |
1,277 |
1,143 |
1,082 |
1,066 |
890 |
891 |
924 |
902 |
876
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| Source: Cassini and INSEE
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Attractions
- Saint-Alban Church
- La Roche Castle from the 12th century, rebuilt into a castle in the 16th century, monument historique since 1992
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