Briastre

Briastre
Briastre
Commune
	The church in Briastre
	Coat of arms
	Location of Briastre
	Briastre Location within France Briastre Location within Hauts-de-France
	Coordinates: 50°09′38″N 3°29′15″E / 50.1606°N 3.4875°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Intercommunality	CA Caudrésis–Catésis
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Bruno Leclercq
Area 1	6.92 km2 (2.67 sq mi)
Highest elevation	126 m (413 ft)
Lowest elevation	67 m (220 ft)
Population (2023)	689
• Density	99.6/km2 (258/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59108 /59730
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Briastre (French pronunciation: [bʁijastʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population

Arms of Briastre	The arms of Briastre are blazoned : Azure, a bend Or between 6 bezants (Or). (Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes, Bantouzelle, Briastre, Noyelles-sur-Selle and Potelle use the same arms.)

In Briastre is a chemistry-factory. In the near of Briastre are agriculture farms.

The Lamour Watermill, Briastre (French: Le Moulin Lamour) is a museum and art center located in the commune. The water-powered mill and its edifices were built in 1800. Preponderantly operating the mechanical processes of milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering up until the 1930s, the watermill was converted into a museum by the Bellevals in the late 1990s.