Ballans
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | |
| Canton | Matha | |
| Community association | Vals de Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 49 ′ N , 0 ° 13 ′ W | |
| height | 24-82 m | |
| surface | 6.94 km 2 | |
| Residents | 197 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 28 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17490 | |
| INSEE code | 17031 | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) and Ballans School |
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Ballans is a French municipality with 197 inhabitants (as of January 1 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 . The inhabitants are called Ballansois .
geography
Ballans is located about 75 kilometers east-southeast of La Rochelle in the Saintonge . Ballans is surrounded by the neighboring communities Louzignac in the north, Siecq in the northeast, Macqueville in the east and southeast, Sainte-Sévère in the south, Bréville in the southwest and Brie-sous-Matha in the west and northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 280 | 255 | 224 | 225 | 204 | 218 | 200 | 197 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Jacques church from the 15th century
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 418-419.
Web links
Commons : Ballans - collection of images, videos and audio files
