Briastre
Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
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Briastre (French pronunciation: [bʁijastʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
Briastre | |
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The church in Briastre | |
_Nord-France.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Briastre | |
  Briastre  Briastre | |
| Coordinates: 50°09′38″N 3°29′15″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Cambrai |
| Canton | Le Cateau-Cambrésis |
| Intercommunality | CA Caudrésis–Catésis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Bruno Leclercq[1] |
Area 1 | 6.92 km2 (2.67 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 689 |
| • Density | 99.6/km2 (258/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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. | |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 890 | — |
| 1975 | 851 | −0.64% |
| 1982 | 714 | −2.48% |
| 1990 | 650 | −1.17% |
| 1999 | 619 | −0.54% |
| 2009 | 686 | +1.03% |
| 2014 | 753 | +1.88% |
| 2020 | 732 | −0.47% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Heraldry
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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.)
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Economics
In Briastre is a chemistry-factory.[5] In the near of Briastre are agriculture farms.
The Lamour Watermill
The Lamour Watermill, Briastre (French: Le Moulin Lamour) is a museum and art center located in the commune. The water-powered mill and its edifices were built in 1800. Preponderantly operating the mechanical processes of milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering up until the 1930s, the watermill was converted into a museum by the Bellevals in the late 1990s.
