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Location within Champagne-Ardenne region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne-Ardenne |
| Department | Aube |
| Arrondissement | Bar-sur-Aube |
| Canton | Brienne-le-Château |
| Mayor | Nicolas Dhuicq (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 112–167 m (367–548 ft) (avg. 126 m/413 ft) |
| Land area1 | 21.56 km2 (8.32 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 3,142 (2008) |
| - Density | 146 /km2 (380 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 10064/ 10500 |
| 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. | |
Brienne-le-Château is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. It is located 1 mile (2 km) from the right bank of the Aube River and 26 m. northeast of Troyes.
Napoleon Bonaparte was a resident of the town from 1779 to 1784 while he was studying at the military school suppressed in 1790. In 1814, it was the site of the Battle of Brienne, when the Sixth Coalition invaded France.
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| Year | 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1841 | 1846 | 1851 | 1856 |
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| Population | 1968 | 1967 | 1859 | 1747 | 1920 | 2002 | 1830 | 1886 | 1880 | 2013 |
| Year | 1861 | 1866 | 1872 | 1876 | 1881 | 1886 | 1891 | 1896 | 1901 | 1906 |
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| Population | 2057 | 2078 | 1886 | 1889 | 1918 | 1872 | 1732 | 1701 | 1753 | 1872 |
| Year | 1911 | 1921 | 1926 | 1931 | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 |
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| Population | 1815 | 1708 | 1932 | 2218 | 2232 | 1972 | 2177 | 3534 | 3939 | 4033 |
| Year | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 4060 | 3752 | 3332 | 3142 |
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: M.P. (1911). "Brienne-le-Château". In Chisholm, Hugh. Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Brienne-le-Ch%C3%A2teau.