Boards
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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 | 45 ° 54 ′ N , 0 ° 48 ′ W | |
| height | 0-57 m | |
| surface | 15.47 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,347 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 87 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17430 | |
| INSEE code | 17053 | |
| Website | http://www.bords17.net/ | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) of Bords |
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Shelf is a French commune with 1,347 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 the canton of Saint-Jean-d'Angély (until 2015: canton of Saint-Savinien ). The inhabitants are called Borniquais .
geography
Bords is about 40 kilometers southeast of La Rochelle . The Charente limits the municipality to the south and west. Bords is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Champdolent in the north, Saint-Savinien in the east, Geay in the south and south-east, Romegoux in the south, La Vallée in the west and south-west and Cabariot in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1,047 | 1.007 | 976 | 1,111 | 1.109 | 1,122 | 1,231 | 1,321 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Bords
- Saint-Vivien church, historic monument since 1984
- Groiquetier windmill from 1837
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 959-961.
Web links
Commons : Bords - collection of images, videos and audio files
