Antezant-la-Chapelle
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Charente-Maritime | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | |
Canton | Matha | |
Community association | Vals de Saintonge | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 59 ′ N , 0 ° 27 ′ W | |
height | 18-89 m | |
surface | 18.63 km 2 | |
Residents | 349 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 19 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 17400 | |
INSEE code | 17013 | |
![]() Town hall (Mairie) of Antezant-la-Chapelle |
Antezant-la-Chapelle is a French commune with a population of 349 (as at 1st January 2017) in the Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the arrondissement Saint-Jean-d'Angély and is part of the canton Matha (until 2015: canton Saint-Jean-d'Angély ). The inhabitants are called Antezantais .
geography
Antezant-la-Chapelle is located about 70 kilometers east-southeast of La Rochelle in the Saintonge . Antezant-la-Chapelle is surrounded by the neighboring communities of La Jarrie-Audouin in the north, Saint-Pierre-d'Isle in the northeast, Saint-Pardoult in the east, Les Églises-d'Argenteuil in the east and southeast, Vervant in the southeast, Courcelles in the South, Saint-Denis-du-Pin in the west and Loulay in the northwest.
history
The localities of Antezant and La Chapelle-Bâton were merged in 1973 as formerly independent municipalities to form today's municipality.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 360 | 302 | 333 | 352 | 353 | 339 | 356 | 363 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Antezant-la-Chapelle
- Dolmen La Grosse Pierre
- Church of Saint-Maxime in Antezant from the 12th century, monument historique since 1949
- Saint-Clément church in La Chapelle-Bâton
- Les Hermitans house from the 17th century
- La Folatière house from 1683
- Watermill
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 863-864.