Mézières-en-Brenne

Mézières-en-Brenne
Mézières-en-Brenne
Commune
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	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 46°49′18″N 1°12′41″E / 46.8217°N 1.2114°ECoordinates: 46°49′18″N 1°12′41″E / 46.8217°N 1.2114°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Le Blanc
Canton	Le Blanc
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Louis Camus
Area 1	57.57 km2 (22.23 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	996
• Density	17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	36123 /36290
Elevation	84–138 m (276–453 ft) ; (avg. 90 m or 300 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mézières-en-Brenne (French pronunciation: [mezjɛːʁ ɑ̃ bʁɛn] (listen)) is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Natural park[]

It is located is at the heart of the Brenne regional natural park. The Brenne is one of France's most important wetlands. A large diversity of natural habitats is responsible for an abundance of wildlife of which the best known are the birds: purple heron, black-necked grebe, bittern, marsh harrier, whiskered tern, short-toed eagle. The Brenne is also Europe's most important site for the European .^{[citation needed]}

Population[]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,338	—
1800	1,346	+0.6%
1806	1,408	+4.6%
1821	1,454	+3.3%
1831	1,542	+6.1%
1836	1,656	+7.4%
1841	1,541	−6.9%
1846	1,598	+3.7%
1851	1,672	+4.6%
1856	1,740	+4.1%
1861	1,681	−3.4%
1866	1,824	+8.5%
1872	1,835	+0.6%
1876	1,856	+1.1%
1881	1,760	−5.2%
1886	1,818	+3.3%
1891	1,820	+0.1%

Year	Pop.	±%
1896	1,853	+1.8%
1901	1,996	+7.7%
1906	2,000	+0.2%
1911	1,926	−3.7%
1921	1,695	−12.0%
1926	1,495	−11.8%
1931	1,423	−4.8%
1936	1,406	−1.2%
1946	1,485	+5.6%
1954	1,389	−6.5%
1962	1,312	−5.5%
1968	1,232	−6.1%
1975	1,168	−5.2%
1982	1,186	+1.5%
1990	1,194	+0.7%
1999	1,159	−2.9%
2009	1,076	−7.2%