What region and administrative area does La Roche-en-Brenil belong to?

La Roche-en-Brenil is located in the Côte-d'Or department in the Burgundy (Bourgogne) region of eastern France. It falls within the arrondissement of Montbard and was historically part of the canton of Saulieu until March 2015.

What type of administrative entity is La Roche-en-Brenil?

La Roche-en-Brenil is a commune, which is the French term for the lowest-level territorial subdivision in France. Communes function as municipalities and represent the smallest administrative units in the French administrative system, a structure that originated in 1789 during the French Revolution.

What are the geographic coordinates of La Roche-en-Brenil?

The commune is situated at latitude 47.380833°N and longitude 4.179167°E, placing it in the eastern part of France within the Côte-d'Or department.

What is known about the population of La Roche-en-Brenil?

Historical population data shows variation over time, with figures recorded at 895, 890, 887, 869, 879, 1143, 1082, 1066, 890, 891, 924, 902, 889, 899, 900, 909, and 911 residents, indicating demographic fluctuations typical of small rural French communes.

What is France's administrative structure that includes La Roche-en-Brenil?

France is organized hierarchically with regions, departments, arrondissements, and communes. Côte-d'Or is a department created on March 4, 1790, during the French Revolution. La Roche-en-Brenil is a commune within this department, part of the arrondissement of Montbard. France itself is a founding member of the European Union (since March 25, 1957) and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

La Roche-en-Brenil

commune in Côte-d'Or, France

Place Commune Of France Q861048

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Facts

17 properties

Identity

Instance of: commune of France
Official website: www.la-roche-en-brenil.fr^[17]
Official name: La Roche-en-Brenil^[34]

Location

Country: France^[4]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 47.381°, 4.179°
Located in the administrative territorial entity: canton of Saulieu, Côte-d’Or, arrondissement of Montbard^[1]^[2]^[3]
Shares border with: Montberthault, Courcelles-Frémoy, Dompierre-en-Morvan, Lacour-d'Arcenay, Molphey, Rouvray, Saint-Didier, Saint-Germain-de-Modéon, Sincey-lès-Rouvray, Thoste, Saint-Agnan-en-Morvan^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]

Population and size

Area: +50.85^[41]
Elevation above sea level: 410 (273–573, n=3)^[38]^[39]^[40]
Female population: +428^[36]
Male population: +441^[37]
Population: 911 (869–1.1k, n=17)^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]

Codes

Postal code: 21530^[16]

More facts +4

Associated electoral district: canton of Semur-en-Auxois^[42]
List of monuments: Liste der Monuments historiques in La Roche-en-Brenil^[35]
Office held by the head of government: Mayor of La Roche-en-Brenil^[32]
Phone number: +33-3-80-64-71-79^[33]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 19

VIAF cluster ID: 2056156565747023500008
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 15250812f
EHESS ID of a French commune: 18776
Email address: mailto:mairie@la-roche-en-brenil.fr, mailto:mairiedelarocheenbrenil@orange.fr
FINESS ID: 210013728
Facebook username: MairiedelaRocheenBrenil
FactGrid item ID: Kurt Pettersén
Freebase ID: /m/03mfvtl
GeoNames ID: 6455665
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 6455665 BnF data 3006794 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: 1033698
IdRef ID: 237241110
Insee municipality code: 21525

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J9U entity ID: 987013624141305171
KnowWhereGraph entity ID: administrativeRegion.FRA.2.1.3.9.4_1
National Address Base ID: e45a313c-909e-4981-8505-cfa144f10695
OpenStreetMap relation ID: 132572
PACTOLS thesaurus ID: pcrtZUTnITSSSr
Topic's main category: Category:La Roche-en-Brenil
Who's on First ID: 101888041

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🔗 Connections

Shares border with 11

Dompierre-en-Morvan, Courcelles-Frémoy, Lacour-d'Arcenay, Saint-Didier, Saint-Germain-de-Modéon, Molphey, Rouvray, Sincey-lès-Rouvray +3 more

← Shares border with 11

Dompierre-en-Morvan, Courcelles-Frémoy, Lacour-d'Arcenay, Saint-Didier, Saint-Germain-de-Modéon, Molphey, Rouvray, Sincey-lès-Rouvray +3 more

Located in the administrative territorial entity 3

Côte-d’Or, arrondissement of Montbard, canton of Saulieu

Located in time zone 2

UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00

Associated electoral district 1

canton of Semur-en-Auxois

Country 1

France

FactGrid item ID 1

Kurt Pettersén

Instance of 1

commune of France

← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1

canton of Saulieu

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Direct Wikidata claims

[4] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — country (P17): France. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — shares border with (P47): Montberthault. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — shares border with (P47): Courcelles-Frémoy. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — shares border with (P47): Dompierre-en-Morvan. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — shares border with (P47): Lacour-d'Arcenay. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — shares border with (P47): Molphey. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — shares border with (P47): Rouvray. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — shares border with (P47): Saint-Didier. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — shares border with (P47): Saint-Germain-de-Modéon. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — shares border with (P47): Sincey-lès-Rouvray. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — shares border with (P47): Thoste. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — shares border with (P47): Saint-Agnan-en-Morvan. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): canton of Saulieu. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Côte-d’Or. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): arrondissement of Montbard. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — postal code (P281): 21530. dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — official website (P856): http://www.la-roche-en-brenil.fr. Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved 2023-09-24. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — population (P1082): 895. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — population (P1082): 890. National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — population (P1082): 887. Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — population (P1082): 869. Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — population (P1082): 879. Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — population (P1082): 1143. insee.fr. Retrieved 2021-06-04. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — population (P1082): 1082. insee.fr. Retrieved 2021-06-04. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — population (P1082): 1066. insee.fr. Retrieved 2021-06-04. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — population (P1082): 891. insee.fr. Retrieved 2021-06-04. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — population (P1082): 924. insee.fr. Retrieved 2021-06-04. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — population (P1082): 902. insee.fr. Retrieved 2021-06-04. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — population (P1082): 889. Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — population (P1082): 899. Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — population (P1082): 900. Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — office held by head of government (P1313): Mayor of La Roche-en-Brenil. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — phone number (P1329): +33-3-80-64-71-79. Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved 2023-09-24. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — official name (P1448): La Roche-en-Brenil. Code officiel géographique. Retrieved 2019-01-06. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — list of monuments (P1456): Liste der Monuments historiques in La Roche-en-Brenil. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — female population (P1539): 428. National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — male population (P1540): 441. National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — elevation above sea level (P2044): 273 m. répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — elevation above sea level (P2044): 573 m. répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — elevation above sea level (P2044): 410 m. Q133878296. data.geopf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — area (P2046): 50.85 km². répertoire géographique des communes. Retrieved 2015-10-26. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ La Roche-en-Brenil — associated electoral district (P7938): canton of Semur-en-Auxois. Code officiel géographique. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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List of monuments → Liste der Monuments historiques in La Roche-en-Brenil

Population → 895, 890, 887 +13

Area → 50.85 square kilometre

Female population → 428

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