Blanzay
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Vienne | |
Arrondissement | Montmorillon | |
Canton | Civray | |
Community association | Civraisien en Poitou | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 12 ′ N , 0 ° 15 ′ E | |
height | 119-147 m | |
surface | 35.45 km 2 | |
Residents | 787 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 22 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 86400 | |
INSEE code | 86029 | |
![]() City Hall (Mairie) of Blanzay |
Blanzay is a western French city and a municipality with 787 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Montmorillon and the canton of Civray . The inhabitants are called Blanzéens .
location
Blanzay is about 42 kilometers south-southwest of Poitiers . Blanzay is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Romagne in the north and northeast, Champniers in the east and northeast, Savigné in the east and southeast, Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil in the south, Champagné-le-Sec in the southwest, Chaunay in the west and Brux in the northwest.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 1,138 | 989 | 915 | 840 | 804 | 798 | 843 | 805 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Hilaire church from the 12th century with renovations from the 15th century
- Remains of the old church of Saint-Antoine from the 12th / 13th centuries. century
- La Maillollière castle from the 16th century
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vienne. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-128-7 , pp. 171-174.
Web links
Commons : Blanzay - collection of images, videos and audio files