Brossac

Brossac
Commune
Vallier Pond
Vallier Pond
Location of Brossac
Map
Brossac is located in France
Brossac
Brossac
Brossac is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Brossac
Brossac
Coordinates: 45°19′56″N 0°02′36″W / 45.3322°N 0.0433°W / 45.3322; -0.0433
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente
ArrondissementCognac
CantonCharente-Sud
Intercommunality4B Sud-Charente
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Didier Maudet[1]
Area
1
21.84 km2 (8.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
457
 • Density21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
16066 /16480
Elevation75–184 m (246–604 ft)
(avg. 159 m or 522 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Brossac (French pronunciation: [bʁɔsak]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 778—    
1975 679−1.93%
1982 635−0.95%
1990 593−0.85%
1999 524−1.37%
2009 521−0.06%
2014 493−1.10%
2020 462−1.08%
Source: INSEE[3]

Castle of Brossac

The written sources describing defensive functions of that premises dates back to the early Middle Ages. The castle was to control the surrounding fiefs and a former Romanian road Saintes – Périgueux – Cahors. Dating from the old Middle Ages the premises and the castle as a part of a Durfort's fief were in a possession of Vigier de La Cour Family. Nextly, in 1725 the premises and the castle fell under the rule of de Lafaye Family. The family started to use an epithet Bourgoin after the location name. During the French Revolution in 1789, Pierre de Lafaye du Bourgoin hold a position of a lawyer in Bordeoux Parliament, a seneschal judge in Brossac. In 1874 Pierre-François de Lafaye du Bourgoin re – constructed the small castle into a manor house in the style of Napoleon the 3rd. Lately, there was an artist painter, Mrs. Alexandra Blonde, who lived there.

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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