Adriers

Adriers
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Vienne
Arrondissement	Montmorillon
Canton	Lussac-les-Châteaux
Community association	Vienne et Gartempe
Coordinates	46 ° 15 ′  N , 0 ° 48 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 15 ′  N , 0 ° 48 ′  E
height	110-231 m
surface	68.09 km 2
Residents	719 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	11 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	86430
INSEE code	86001

Adriers is a French municipality with 719 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Montmorillon and the canton of Lussac-les-Châteaux (until 2015: canton of L'Isle-Jourdain ). The inhabitants are called Adriauds .

geography

Adriers is about 50 kilometers southeast of Poitiers . The municipality is crossed by the Blourde River and its tributary Franche Doire .

Adriers is surrounded by the neighboring communities

• Persac in the north and northwest,
• Moulismes in the north,
• Plaisance in the north and northeast,
• Lathus-Saint-Rémy in the northeast,
• Val-d'Oire-et-Gartempe with Bussière-Poitevine in the east and Saint-Barbant in the southeast,
• Mouterre-sur-Blourde in the south,
• Millac in the southwest,
• L'Isle-Jourdain to the west and south-west,
• Moussac in the west,
• Nérignac in the northwest.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	1,167	1,042	900	938	833	797	745	726
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Hilaire church

• Dolmen
• Saint-Hilaire church, built in the mid-11th century
• Saint-Étienne-de-Muret chapel in the hamlet of Entrefins, built between 1871 and 1875
• Former rectory from 1832
• Branlant Castle, built at the end of the 16th century
• Monterban Castle from the 19th century
• La Combe Castle
• Messignac Castle

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vienne. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-128-7 , pp. 349-353.

Web links

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