Bernay-Saint-Martin
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | |
| Canton | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | |
| Community association | Vals de Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 4 ′ N , 0 ° 37 ′ W | |
| height | 13-74 m | |
| surface | 24.9 km 2 | |
| Residents | 767 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 31 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17330 | |
| INSEE code | 17043 | |
| Website | http://www.bernay-saint-martin.monclocher.com/ | |
Bernay-Saint-Martin is a French municipality with 767 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély and is part of the canton of Saint-Jean-d'Angély (until 2015: canton of Loulay ). The inhabitants are called Bernaisiens .
geography
Bernay-Saint-Martin is located about 42 kilometers east-southeast of La Rochelle in the Saintonge . Bernay-Saint-Martin is surrounded by the neighboring communities Marsais in the north and north-west, Saint-Félix in the north, Migré in the east and north-east, Courant in the south and south-east, Puyrolland in the south and south-west, Breuil-la-Réorte in the west and Saint- Mard in the northwest.
history
On January 1, 1973, the municipality of Saint-Martin-de-la-Coudre and the municipality of Bernay merged, so that today's municipality was created.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 595 | 535 | 611 | 608 | 657 | 647 | 713 | 792 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Bernay-Saint-Martin
- Tumulus of Le Grand Malveau
- Saint-Nazaire church from the 12th century, renovations from the 15th century, monument historique since 1949
- Saint-Martin church in Saint-Martin-de-la-Coudre
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 335-338.
