commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Deux-Sèvres
Deux-Sèvres () is a French department. ''Deux-Sèvres'' literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department. It had a population of 374,878 in 2019.
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in the
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nouvelle-Aquitaine (; oc, Nòva Aquitània or ; eu, Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Novéle-Aguiéne'') is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by t ...
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...
in western
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune
Plaine-et-Vallées
Plaine-et-Vallées (, literally ''Plain and Valleys'') is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Oiron (the seat), Brie, Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes and Taiz ...
.
Geography
The commune of Brie, located north of the department of Deux-Sèvres, is limited to the east by the department of Vienne.
Located east-southeast of
Thouars
Thouars () is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. On 1 January 2019, the former communes Mauzé-Thouarsais, Missé and Sainte-Radegonde were merged into Thouars.
It is on the River Thouet. Its inhabitants are known as ...
, it is watered by the Vieille Dive, a secondary arm of the river
Dive
Diving most often refers to:
* Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water
* Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes
Diving or Dive may also refer to:
Sports
* Dive (American football), a ...
.
The municipality of Brie is part of the community of communes of Thouarsais and the union of Pays Thouarsais.
History
On the map of
Cassini de Thury Cassini may refer to:
People
* Cassini (surname)
* Oleg Cassini (1913-2006), American fashion designer
:Cassini family:
* Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712), Italian mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer
* Jacques Cassini (167 ...
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France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
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 (prefectural decree of 11 February 1983).
Policy and administration
List of successive mayors
*Until January 2002 the mayor was Yvon Réau.
*From February 2002 and re-elected in 2008 the mayor was Norbert Bonneau PS.
Places and monuments
*The
church
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
* Chris ...
whose
stained-glass window
Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant religious buildings. Although tradition ...
s were redone in modern form, which brings a very particular luminosity inside the nave
*The old chapel of Sazais.
Image:Brie église.JPG, L'église
Image:Brie église nef.JPG, Nef de l'église
Image:Brie chapelle de Sazais.JPG, L'ancienne chapelle de Sazais