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Berru

Berru is a commune in the Marne department in northeastern France.

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Coordinates: 49°16′21″N 4°09′09″E / 49.2725°N 4.1525°E / 49.2725; 4.1525
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMarne
ArrondissementReims
CantonBourgogne-Fresne
IntercommunalityCU Grand Reims
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Marie-Hélène Bastogne1
Area
1
13.65 km2 (5.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)2
627
 • Density45.9/km2 (119/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
51052 /51420
Elevation275 m (902 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Berru (French pronunciation: [beʁy]) is a commune in the Marne department in northeastern France.

Berru, along with the neighboring commune of Cernay-lès-Reims, is the site of a geologic formation (part of the Paris Basin) that has yielded a significant number of Paleocene-strata fossils.34

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 287—    
1975 296+0.44%
1982 320+1.12%
1990 459+4.61%
1999 454−0.12%
2007 503+1.29%
2012 498−0.20%
2017 574+2.88%
2023 627+1.48%
Source: INSEE5
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References

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. Simpson, George Gaylord (1936). "Census of Paleocene Mammals" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (848). American Museum of Natural History: 1–15. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  4. Ladevèze, Sandrine; Missiaen, Pieter; Smith, Thierry (September 2010). "First Skull of Orthaspidotherium Edwardsi (Mammalia 'Condylarthra') from the Late Paleocene of Berru (France) and Phylogenetic Affinities of the Enigmatic European Family Pleuraspidotheriidae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (5). Society of Vertebrate Paleontology / Taylor & Francis: 1559–1578. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.501440. S2CID 85220182. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  5. Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE