Bussac-Forêt
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac | |
| Canton | Les Trois Monts | |
| Community association | Haute-Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 13 ′ N , 0 ° 22 ′ W | |
| height | 39-85 m | |
| surface | 34.78 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,034 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 30 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17210 | |
| INSEE code | 17074 | |
| Website | www.bussac-foret.fr | |
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Bussac-Forêt is a French commune with 1,034 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Charente-Maritime department . It belongs to the arrondissement of Jonzac and the canton of Les Trois Monts .
geography
The municipality is located around 45 kilometers northwest of Bordeaux on the border with the Gironde department . Neighboring communities are:
- Corignac in the north,
- Chepniers and Montlieu-la-Garde in the northeast,
- Bedenac in the east,
- Laruscade in the southeast (Dép. Gironde),
- Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac in the southwest (Gironde department),
- Saint-Savin to the west (Gironde department) and
- Donnezac in the north-west (Gironde department).
The municipality is drained to the south by the watercourses in the catchment area of the Saye River , which runs along the eastern municipal boundary. In the southeast, mostly on the territory of the neighboring municipality of Bedenac, there is a natural area worthy of protection, a so-called Zone naturelle d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique (ZNIEFF), the Camp Militaire de Bussac . There used to be an airfield here (see under history ).
Transport links
Bussac-Forêt is accessed from the departmental road D145, which runs from Coutras to Montendre . In addition, the place has a train station on the railway line from Bordeaux to Saintes .
history
Two kilometers southeast of the town, in the area of Bedenac, there was formerly the Landes de Bussac airfield , built in the 1920s. In the beginning it had a grass airfield of about 600 × 600 m. In the time before the Second World War it was expanded.
After the occupation of France by the German Wehrmacht in 1940, the airfield was temporarily used by the Air Force , which expanded it further. Between September 1942 and April 1943 the 1st squadron and from March to June 1943 the 3rd squadron of the Jagdgruppe Ost lay here .
After the war, in November 1946, the airfield was initially used by the French air forces with civilian aviation use from the beginning of 1947. In the 1950s, the area became a location for the US Army without any aviation use. After the Americans left in the 1960s, the airfield was not reopened. The site still belongs to the military.
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 609 | 702 | 753 | 860 | 872 | 938 | 1023 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Bussac-Forêt
- Notre-Dame Church , built in the 12th century
- Parts of the municipality are registered as a Natura 2000 area under the code FR5400437 (Landes de Montendre) as a nature reserve.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 533-534.
Web links
- Information on the Natura 2000 area (French)
- Information about "ZNIEFF" (French)