Brizambourg

Brizambourg
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Canton	Chaniers
Community association	Vals de Saintonge
Coordinates	45 ° 49 ′  N , 0 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 49 ′  N , 0 ° 29 ′  W
height	26-94 m
surface	21.26 km 2
Residents	905 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	43 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	17770
INSEE code	17070

Brizambourg is a French municipality with 905 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the arrondissement Saint-Jean-d'Angély and the canton of Chaniers (until 2015: canton of Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche ). The inhabitants call themselves Brizambourgois .

geography

Brizambourg is about 64 kilometers southeast of La Rochelle . Brizambourg is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Bercloux in the north, Migron and Villars-les-Bois in the east, Saint-Bris-des-Bois in the south, Saint-Césaire in the south and south-west and Écoyeux in the west.

The municipality's train station is on the Chartres – Bordeaux line

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008	2017
Residents	859	787	792	747	790	763	870	905
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Sainte-Gemme church

• Sainte-Gemme church from the 17th century

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 851-852.

Web links

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