Bran, Charente-Maritime

Bran
Bran
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Bran
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Jonzac
Canton	Montendre
Intercommunality	Haute-Saintonge
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Francois Perrier
Area1	4.14 km2 (1.60 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	122
• Density	29/km2 (76/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17061 / 17210
Elevation	62–101 m (203–331 ft) (avg. 71 m or 233 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bran is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	452	—
1800	435	−3.8%
1806	395	−9.2%
1821	380	−3.8%
1831	432	+13.7%
1836	422	−2.3%
1841	422	+0.0%
1846	450	+6.6%
1851	416	−7.6%
1856	442	+6.2%
1861	439	−0.7%
1866	398	−9.3%
1872	361	−9.3%
1876	313	−13.3%
1881	343	+9.6%
1886	301	−12.2%
1891	269	−10.6%
1896	276	+2.6%
1901	289	+4.7%
1906	291	+0.7%
1911	276	−5.2%
1921	247	−10.5%
1926	259	+4.9%
1931	245	−5.4%
1936	262	+6.9%
1946	216	−17.6%
1954	241	+11.6%
1962	205	−14.9%
1968	196	−4.4%
1975	157	−19.9%
1982	135	−14.0%
1990	132	−2.2%
1999	129	−2.3%
2008	122	−5.4%

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE