Breil, Maine-et-Loire

Breil
Breil

Coordinates: 47°28′32″N 0°09′29″E / 47.4756°N 0.1581°ECoordinates: 47°28′32″N 0°09′29″E / 47.4756°N 0.1581°E
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement Saumur
Canton Noyant
Intercommunality Canton of Noyant
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Bénédicte Bussonnais
Area1 15.09 km2 (5.83 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 274
 • Density 18/km2 (47/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 49044 / 49490
Elevation 60–119 m (197–390 ft)
(avg. 81 m or 266 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.

Breil is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

Breil's nearest town and the seat of the canton is Noyant (6 km).

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 614—    
1800 641+4.4%
1806 687+7.2%
1821 749+9.0%
1831 769+2.7%
1836 760−1.2%
1841 730−3.9%
1846 720−1.4%
1851 720+0.0%
1856 711−1.2%
1861 695−2.3%
1866 720+3.6%
1872 674−6.4%
1876 653−3.1%
1881 631−3.4%
1886 621−1.6%
1891 588−5.3%
1896 585−0.5%
1901 592+1.2%
1906 596+0.7%
1911 593−0.5%
1921 531−10.5%
1926 555+4.5%
1931 577+4.0%
1936 562−2.6%
1946 541−3.7%
1954 587+8.5%
1962 524−10.7%
1968 459−12.4%
1975 414−9.8%
1982 308−25.6%
1990 289−6.2%
1999 309+6.9%
2006 274−11.3%
2009 274+0.0%

The inhabitants are known as Breillois.

Sights

Breil is most famous for its Chateau in the Parc du Lathan, where a major Fête de la Chasse (Hunting Fair) is held each August 15. Breil is near the Lac de Rillé, a lake stretching from Rillé to Gué Morin,a hamlet in Breil, where the River Lathan was dammed in 1978 principally for irrigating the valley of the Authion.

See also

References

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