Brieux

Brieux
Brieux
Location within Lower Normandy region Brieux
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Trun
Intercommunality	Plaine d'Argentan Nord
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Catherine Gaignon
Area1	5.17 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	92
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	61062 / 61160
Elevation	110–212 m (361–696 ft) (avg. 133 m or 436 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.

Brieux (French pronunciation: ​[bʁjø]) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France. The town gave its name to the ancestors of Robert the Bruce, Bruce being the Anglicisation of "Brieux".

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	326	—
1800	330	+1.2%
1806	305	−7.6%
1821	315	+3.3%
1836	330	+4.8%
1841	318	−3.6%
1846	304	−4.4%
1851	304	+0.0%
1856	306	+0.7%
1861	283	−7.5%
1866	281	−0.7%
1872	241	−14.2%
1876	228	−5.4%
1881	233	+2.2%
1886	225	−3.4%
1891	174	−22.7%
1896	179	+2.9%
1901	154	−14.0%
1906	139	−9.7%
1911	104	−25.2%
1921	132	+26.9%
1926	157	+18.9%
1931	160	+1.9%
1936	151	−5.6%
1946	129	−14.6%
1954	126	−2.3%
1962	138	+9.5%
1968	136	−1.4%
1975	111	−18.4%
1982	76	−31.5%
1990	74	−2.6%
1999	93	+25.7%
2006	94	+1.1%
2009	92	−2.1%

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References

• INSEE