Brie, Deux-Sèvres


Brie is a former commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Plaine-et-Vallées.

Geography

The commune of Brie, located north of the department of Deux-Sèvres, is limited to the east by the department of Vienne.
Located 15 kilometers east-southeast of Thouars, it is watered by the Vieille Dive, a secondary arm of the river Dive.
The municipality of Brie is part of the community of communes of Thouarsais and the union of Pays Thouarsais.
The town is located at Coordonnées 46° 55′ 14″ north, 0° 02′ 23″ east and at an Altitude of Min. 50 m – Max. 71m.

History

On the map of Cassini showing France between 1756 and 1789, the village is identified as Brye.
By prefectural order of December 4, 1972 effective January 1, 1973, the municipalities of Bilazais, Brie and Noizé merged with Oiron. On 14 February 1983, Brie became independent again.

Policy and Administration

List of successive mayors
Beginning in the 21st century, real censuses of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants take place every five years. For Brie, this corresponds to 2004, 2009, 2014, and so on. Other census dates are legal estimates.