Brécey

Brécey
View of Brécey and the Sée valley
Coat of arms
Brécey
Location within Lower Normandy region Brécey
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Avranches
Canton	Brécey
Intercommunality	Canton de Brécey
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Tréhet
Area1	20.96 km2 (8.09 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	2,165
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	50074 / 50370
Elevation	22–111 m (72–364 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 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.

Brécey is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,100	—
1800	2,097	−0.1%
1806	2,040	−2.7%
1821	2,190	+7.4%
1831	2,201	+0.5%
1836	2,172	−1.3%
1841	2,452	+12.9%
1846	2,466	+0.6%
1851	2,338	−5.2%
1856	2,316	−0.9%
1861	2,440	+5.4%
1866	2,446	+0.2%
1872	2,300	−6.0%
1876	2,341	+1.8%
1881	2,399	+2.5%
1886	2,404	+0.2%
1891	2,400	−0.2%
1896	2,300	−4.2%
1901	2,294	−0.3%
1906	2,281	−0.6%
1911	2,200	−3.6%
1921	2,011	−8.6%
1926	2,141	+6.5%
1931	2,159	+0.8%
1936	2,198	+1.8%
1946	2,247	+2.2%
1954	2,122	−5.6%
1962	2,026	−4.5%
1968	2,046	+1.0%
1975	1,958	−4.3%
1982	1,980	+1.1%
1990	2,029	+2.5%
1999	2,113	+4.1%
2009	2,165	+2.5%

Heraldry

The arms of Brécey are blazoned : Ermine, a lion (rampant) gules.

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References

• INSEE statistics