Boresse-et-Martron
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac | |
| Canton | Les Trois Monts | |
| Community association | Haute-Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 16 ′ N , 0 ° 7 ′ W | |
| height | 48-146 m | |
| surface | 11.19 km 2 | |
| Residents | 210 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 19 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17270 | |
| INSEE code | 17054 | |
 Boresse-et-Martron town hall |
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Boresse-et-Martron is a southwestern French community with 210 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement Jonzac and the canton Les Trois Monts (until 2015 Montguyon ). The inhabitants are called Borestronais .
location
Boresse-et-Martron is located in the south of the Saintonge about 60 kilometers northeast of Bordeaux . Boresse-et-Martron is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Guizengeard in the north, Saint-Vallier in the east and north-east, Sauvignac in the south-east, Le Fouilloux in the south and Neuvicq in the west and south-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 |
| Residents | 358 | 304 | 255 | 228 | 198 | 221 | 178 | 210 |
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Attractions
- La Nativité-de-la-Notre-Dame church in Boresse from the 12th century, monument historique since 1949
- Saint-Pierre church in Martron
- Evangelical Church in Martron
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Boresse-et-Martron
La Nativité-de-la-Notre-Dame church
Saint-Pierre church with cemetery
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 514-515.
