Brossac

Brossac
Commune
Vallier Pond
Location of Brossac
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Coordinates: 45°19′56″N 0°02′36″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Charente-Sud
Intercommunality	4B Sud-Charente
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Didier Maudet[1]
Area ^1	21.84 km^2 (8.43 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	457
• Density	21/km^2 (54/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16066 /16480
Elevation	75–184 m (246–604 ft) (avg. 159 m or 522 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (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

Year	Pop.	±% 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

External links

• Further information visit Brossac *BROSSAC VILLAGE