Cercoux
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac | |
| Canton | Les Trois Monts | |
| Community association | Haute-Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 8 ′ N , 0 ° 12 ′ W | |
| height | 18–111 m | |
| surface | 41.88 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,171 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 28 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17270 | |
| INSEE code | 17077 | |
 Town hall of Cercoux |
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Cercoux is a southwestern French municipality with 1171 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement Jonzac and the canton Les Trois Monts (until 2015: canton Montguyon ). The inhabitants are called Cercouziens .
location
Cercoux is located in the south of the Saintonge about 45 kilometers northeast of Bordeaux . Cercoux is surrounded by the neighboring communities Clérac in the north, Saint-Pierre-du-Palais in the north-east, La Clotte in the east, Lagorce in the south and south-east, Maransin in the south and Lapouyade in the west and south-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1363 | 1226 | 1103 | 1204 | 1101 | 1065 | 1129 | 1171 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Saturnin Church
See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Cercoux
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 516-517.
Web links
Commons : Cercoux - collection of images, videos and audio files
