Blanzac Porcheresse

Blanzac Porcheresse
local community	Coteaux-du-Blanzacais
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Coordinates	45 ° 29 ′ N , 0 ° 2 ′ E Coordinates: 45 ° 29 ′ N , 0 ° 2 ′ E
Post Code	16250
Former INSEE code	16046
Incorporation	January 1, 2017
status	Commune déléguée
	; Former town hall of Blanzac-Porcheresse

Blanzac-Porcheresse is a village and a former French community with 747 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Angoulême and the Canton of Charente-Sud .

geography

Blanzac-Porcheresse is located on the River Né , about 22 kilometers from Angoulême and is a junction in the network of departmental roads . The place borders in the north on Champagne-Vigny , in the northeast on Bécheresse , in the east on Pérignac , in the southeast on Saint-Léger , in the south on Cressac-Saint-Genis , in the southwest on Bessac and Saint-Aulais-la-Chapelle , im West with Péreuil and north-west with Aubeville .

history

The former municipality of Blanzac-Porcheresse was established in 1973 and at that time included the district of the previously independent municipality of Porcheresse as a Commune associée .

With effect from January 1, 2017, the former municipalities of Blanzac-Porcheresse and Cressac-Saint-Genis were merged to form the Commune nouvelle under the name of Côteaux du Blanzacais and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Blanzac-Porcheresse.