Brigné

Part of Doué-en-Anjou in Pays de la Loire, France

47°14′33″N 0°22′59″W / 47.2425°N 0.3831°W / 47.2425; -0.3831CountryFranceRegionPays de la LoireDepartmentMaine-et-LoireArrondissementSaumurCantonDoué-la-FontaineCommuneDoué-en-Anjou Area14.63 km² (5.65 sq mi)Population468 • Density32/km² (83/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codeElevation40–90 m (130–300 ft)
(avg. 75 m or 246 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Brigné (French pronunciation: [bʁiɲe] ^ⓘ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 30 December 2016, it was merged into the new commune Doué-en-Anjou.^[2]

Geography

The commune is traversed by the river Layon.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 630 —     1800 411 −34.8% 1806 606 +47.4% 1821 620 +2.3% 1831 593 −4.4% 1836 624 +5.2% 1841 581 −6.9% 1846 592 +1.9% 1851 559 −5.6% 1856 516 −7.7% 1861 510 −1.2% 1866 508 −0.4% 1872 502 −1.2% 1876 519 +3.4% 1881 467 −10.0% 1886 461 −1.3% 1891 462 +0.2% 1896 424 −8.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 409 −3.5% 1906 436 +6.6% 1911 437 +0.2% 1921 364 −16.7% 1926 360 −1.1% 1931 374 +3.9% 1936 397 +6.1% 1946 382 −3.8% 1954 360 −5.8% 1962 390 +8.3% 1968 347 −11.0% 1975 306 −11.8% 1982 307 +0.3% 1990 294 −4.2% 1999 316 +7.5% 2006 339 +7.3% 2009 391 +15.3%

See also

• Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department

References