Briastre

Briastre
Coat of arms
Briastre
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Briastre
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Solesmes
Intercommunality	Caudrésis - Catésis
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bruno Leclercq
Area1	6.92 km2 (2.67 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	686
• Density	99/km2 (260/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59108 / 59730
Elevation	67–126 m (220–413 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.

Briastre is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	515	—
1800	514	−0.2%
1806	560	+8.9%
1821	680	+21.4%
1831	782	+15.0%
1836	788	+0.8%
1841	841	+6.7%
1846	837	−0.5%
1851	843	+0.7%
1856	921	+9.3%
1861	958	+4.0%
1866	978	+2.1%
1872	996	+1.8%
1876	980	−1.6%
1881	1,006	+2.7%
1886	965	−4.1%
1891	930	−3.6%
1896	966	+3.9%
1901	923	−4.5%
1906	894	−3.1%
1911	772	−13.6%
1921	704	−8.8%
1926	709	+0.7%
1931	696	−1.8%
1936	674	−3.2%
1946	754	+11.9%
1954	813	+7.8%
1962	843	+3.7%
1968	890	+5.6%
1975	851	−4.4%
1982	714	−16.1%
1990	650	−9.0%
1999	620	−4.6%
2006	626	+1.0%
2009	686	+9.6%

Heraldry

The arms of Briastre are blazoned : Azure, a bend Or between 6 bezants (Or). (Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes, Bantouzelle, Briastre, Noyelles-sur-Selle and Potelle use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file