Barbechat

Barbechat (French pronunciation: [baʁbəʃa]; Breton: Bargazh) is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Divatte-sur-Loire.

Barbechat
Part of Divatte-sur-Loire
The church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, in Barbechat
Coat of arms
Location of Barbechat
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Coordinates: 47°17′00″N 1°17′00″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Vallet
Commune	Divatte-sur-Loire
Area 1	11.76 km2 (4.54 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	1,319
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	44450
Elevation	7–84 m (23–276 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1872 1,119 —     1876 1,169 +4.5% 1881 1,111 −5.0% 1886 1,059 −4.7% 1891 998 −5.8% 1896 950 −4.8% 1901 904 −4.8% 1906 854 −5.5% 1911 843 −1.3% 1921 711 −15.7% 1926 663 −6.8% 1931 608 −8.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1936 581 −4.4% 1946 552 −5.0% 1954 592 +7.2% 1962 584 −1.4% 1968 608 +4.1% 1975 566 −6.9% 1982 808 +42.8% 1990 905 +12.0% 1999 1,061 +17.2% 2006 1,223 +15.3% 2009 1,275 +4.3%

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

External links

• Official site