Briollay

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Location of Briollay

(2020–2026) Arnaud Hie^[1]Area

15.06 km² (5.81 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,151 • Density210/km² (540/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

49048 /49125

Elevation13–64 m (43–210 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Briollay (French pronunciation: [bʁijɔlɛ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	975	—
1821	948	−0.10%
1846	1,009	+0.25%
1872	946	−0.25%
1901	731	−0.89%
1926	571	−0.98%
1946	610	+0.33%
1962	661	+0.50%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	776	+2.71%
1975	1,164	+5.96%
1982	1,683	+5.41%
1990	2,005	+2.21%
1999	2,282	+1.45%
2007	2,565	+1.47%
2012	2,751	+1.41%
2017	2,967	+1.52%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Sights

Jardin botanique de Briollay

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Briollay, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE