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Hiers-Brouage
Part of Marennes-Hiers-Brouage
Citadel
Citadel
Coat of arms of Hiers-Brouage
Coat of arms
Location of Hiers-Brouage
Map
Hiers-Brouage is located in France
Hiers-Brouage
Hiers-Brouage
Hiers-Brouage is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Hiers-Brouage
Hiers-Brouage
Coordinates: 45°51′02″N 1°04′28″W / 45.8505°N 1.0744°W / 45.8505; -1.0744
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente-Maritime
ArrondissementRochefort
CantonMarennes
CommuneMarennes-Hiers-Brouage
Area
1
31.35 km2 (12.10 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
606
 • Density19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
17320
Elevation0–26 m (0–85 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hiers-Brouage (French pronunciation: [jɛʁs bʁuaʒ]) is a former commune in the Charente-Maritime department, southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Marennes-Hiers-Brouage.[2]

History

Citadel of Brouage - reproduction of a 17th-century scale model

Brouage was founded in 1555 by Jacques de Pons on the Bay of Biscay facing the Atlantic Ocean. The town was founded on swampy land which had previously been underwater. Its name, "Brouage," comes from the surrounding mixture of water and clay, which was called "broue".[3]

Its economy was based on salt and access to the sea. Brouage was known for producing salt that was black in colour, which was often sold to the royal family. Brouage exported large quantities of salt by land and sea as early as the 15th century.[4]

The town was fortified between 1630 and 1640 by Cardinal Richelieu as a Catholic bastion in order to fight against the neighbouring Protestant town of La Rochelle. Gradually the harbour silted up in the last part of the 17th century, leaving the town stranded and useless as a port. It fell into ruin.

The town's most celebrated person is the French navigator Samuel de Champlain, who lived there when young, before being the co-founder of French settlement in Acadia (1604–1607) and Quebec (1608–1635). Cartographer Charles Leber du Carlo lived in Brouage at the same time and may not have taught the art of map-making to the young Champlain.[5]

In 1825 Brouage was joined to the village of Hiers, 2.5 km (1.6 mi) away, forming the commune of Hiers-Brouage.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793391—    
1800413+5.6%
1806326−21.1%
1821372+14.1%
1831764+105.4%
1836804+5.2%
1841778−3.2%
1846901+15.8%
1851760−15.6%
1856840+10.5%
1861742−11.7%
1866708−4.6%
1872695−1.8%
1876708+1.9%
1881766+8.2%
1886733−4.3%
1891687−6.3%
YearPop.±%
1896715+4.1%
1901668−6.6%
1906663−0.7%
1911639−3.6%
1921534−16.4%
1926550+3.0%
1931546−0.7%
1936560+2.6%
1946514−8.2%
1954500−2.7%
1962541+8.2%
1968519−4.1%
1975440−15.2%
1982476+8.2%
1990498+4.6%
1999472−5.2%
2008639+35.4%

Sights

See also

References

  1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 27 November 2018 (in French)
  3. ^ Fischer, David Hackett, 1935- (2008). Champlain's dream (1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-9332-4. OCLC 213839989.((cite book)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Fischer, David Hackett, 1935- (2008). Champlain's dream (1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-9332-4. OCLC 213839989.((cite book)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Thierry, Éric. 2013. Samuel de Champlain, Espion en Amérique 1598-1603, Sillery, Septentrion, p. 4

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