Briare
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Commune of Briare |
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| Location | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Centre |
| Department | Loiret |
| Arrondissement | Montargis |
| Canton | Briare |
| Mayor | Jean Poulain (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 122 m–189 m (avg. 144 m) |
| Land area¹ | 45.41 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
5,994 |
| - Density | 132/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 45053/ 45250 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Briare is a commune of the Loiret département, in France, on the right bank of the Loire.
Briare, the Brivodorum of the Romans, is situated at the extremity of the Briare Canal, which unites the Loire and its lateral canal with the Loing and so with the Seine. The lateral canal of the Loire crosses the Loire near Briare by the Briare aqueduct 720 yards in length.
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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