Brécé

Commune in Brittany, France

Brécé Berczaé (Gallo) Brec'heg (Breton)
Commune
Town hall
Location of Brécé
(2020–2026)		Christophe Chevance^[1]
Area ¹	7.16 km² (2.76 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	2,147
• Density	300/km² (780/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35039 /35530
Elevation	32–73 m (105–240 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Brécé (French pronunciation: [bʁese]; Breton: Brec'heg; Gallo: Berczaé) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Population

Inhabitants of Brécé are called Brécéens in French.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	454	—
1975	630	+4.79%
1982	835	+4.11%
1990	1,128	+3.83%
1999	1,561	+3.68%
2007	1,760	+1.51%
2012	2,005	+2.64%
2017	2,106	+0.99%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brécé.

Cultural Heritage (in French)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association Archived 14 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in French)