Beurlay

Beurlay
Commune
The St. Magdalene Church, Beurlay
Location of Beurlay
Beurlay Beurlay
Coordinates: 45°51′40″N 0°50′09″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saintes
Canton	Saint-Porchaire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Gandauber
Area 1	9.71 km2 (3.75 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	994
• Density	102/km2 (265/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17045 /17250
Elevation	5–40 m (16–131 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Beurlay (French pronunciation: [bœʁlɛ]) is a commune in the French department of Charente-Maritime, in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Poitou-Charentes), France.

Beurlay is twinned with the village of Burley, Hampshire, UK.

It being known for the biscuit factory in the same name, established 1848 by the Barraud family, who produces the Galette Charentaise.

It is located about 17 km (10.5 mi) from Rochefort.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	604	—
1975	573	−0.75%
1982	652	+1.86%
1990	731	+1.44%
1999	756	+0.37%
2007	962	+3.06%
2012	1,002	+0.82%
2017	1,034	+0.63%
2023	994	−0.66%
Source: INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

External links

• Media related to Beurlay at Wikimedia Commons