Briord

Briord
Briord
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region  Briord
Coordinates: 45°47′00″N 5°28′00″E / 45.7833°N 5.4667°ECoordinates: 45°47′00″N 5°28′00″E / 45.7833°N 5.4667°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Lhuis
Intercommunality	Rhône Chartreuse de Portes
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacky Lambert
Area^1	12.29 km^2 (4.75 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	856
• Density	70/km^2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	01064 / 01470
Elevation	200–580 m (660–1,900 ft) (avg. 205 m or 673 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.

Briord is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	583	—
1800	643	+10.3%
1806	626	−2.6%
1821	658	+5.1%
1831	766	+16.4%
1836	731	−4.6%
1841	763	+4.4%
1846	724	−5.1%
1851	763	+5.4%
1856	750	−1.7%
1861	734	−2.1%
1866	715	−2.6%
1872	651	−9.0%
1876	640	−1.7%
1881	612	−4.4%
1886	586	−4.2%
1891	547	−6.7%
1896	539	−1.5%
1901	521	−3.3%
1906	544	+4.4%
1911	521	−4.2%
1921	512	−1.7%
1926	457	−10.7%
1931	402	−12.0%
1936	394	−2.0%
1946	403	+2.3%
1954	388	−3.7%
1962	366	−5.7%
1968	393	+7.4%
1975	413	+5.1%
1982	520	+25.9%
1990	618	+18.8%
1999	675	+9.2%
2008	856	+26.8%

Economy

• Ligne Roset has its headquarters and a furniture factory in Briord.

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

• INSEE