Beaugeay
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Charente-Maritime | |
Arrondissement | Rochefort | |
Canton | Marennes | |
Community association | Rochefort Ocean | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 53 ′ N , 1 ° 0 ′ W | |
height | 1-39 m | |
surface | 14.51 km 2 | |
Residents | 779 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 54 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 17620 | |
INSEE code | 17036 | |
Website | http://www.ville-beaugeay.fr/ | |
Beaugeay Town Hall (Mairie) |
Beaugeay is a French municipality with 779 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Beaugeay belongs to the Arrondissement of Rochefort and the Canton of Marennes (until 2015: Canton Saint-Agnant ). The inhabitants are called Beaugeatins .
geography
Beaugeay is located about seven kilometers south-southwest of Rochefort city center on the Canal de Brouage . Beaugeay is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Soubise in the north, Saint-Agnant in the east, Saint-Jean-d'Angle in the south and south-east, Marennes-Hiers-Brouage in the south-west and Moëze in the west and north-west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2013 |
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Residents | 191 | 185 | 188 | 333 | 452 | 470 | 629 | 753 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Beaugeay
- Saint Germain Church
- Locks on the Canal de Brouage
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 793-794.
Web links
Commons : Beaugeay - collection of images, videos and audio files