Angeac Charente

Angeac Charente
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	cognac
Canton	Charente-Champagne
Community association	Grand Cognac
Coordinates	45 ° 38 ′  N , 0 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 38 ′  N , 0 ° 4 ′  W
height	15-100 m
surface	10.81 km 2
Residents	329 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	30 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	16120
INSEE code	16013
Town hall (Mairie) of Angeac-Charente

Angeac-Charente is a western French community with 329 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Cognac and the canton of Charente-Champagne (until 2015 Châteauneuf-sur-Charente ). The inhabitants are called Angeacais .

location

Angeac-Charente is located about 19 kilometers west-southwest of Angoulême on the Charente , which borders the municipality in the northeast. Angeac-Charente is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Graves-Saint-Amant in the north and west, Saint-Simon in the north, Vibrac in the north-east, Saint-Simeux in the east, Châteauneuf-sur-Charente in the south and south-east and Bouteville in the west and south-west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	447	389	393	378	387	399	382	363
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Pierre church from the 14th century
• paleontological excavation site

Saint-Pierre church

paleontology

Some of the world's largest dinosaur bones were found in the region between 2010 and July 2019 . Including a two meter long thigh bone of a sauropod .

Web links

Commons : Angeac-Charente  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archeology: Giant dinosaur bones found - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Video . In: Spiegel Online . July 26, 2019 ( spiegel.de [accessed July 26, 2019]).