Cersay
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| local community | Val en Vignes | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres | |
| Arrondissement | Bressuire | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 3 ′ N , 0 ° 21 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 79290 | |
| Former INSEE code | 79063 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Cersay is a commune Déléguée in the French municipality of Plaine-d'Argenson with 703 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Deux-Sèvres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The inhabitants are called Cersaisiens .
history
At the beginning of 1973, the previously independent commune of Saint-Pierre-à-Champ ( former INSEE code: 79288 ) was incorporated into Cersay. The municipality of Cersay, which has existed in this form since 1973, was then merged with Massais and Bouillé-Saint-Paul to form the new municipality of Val en Vignes on January 1, 2017 . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Bressuire and the canton of Le Val de Thouaret (until 2015 the municipality belonged to the canton of Argenton-les-Vallées ).
location
Cersay is about 24 kilometers north-northeast of Bressuire .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
| Residents | 1,377 | 1,295 | 1,174 | 1,148 | 1,038 | 981 | 964 | 998 |
| for 1962 and 1968, data from Cersay and Saint-Pierre-à-Champ; Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Hilaire church
- Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens church in the hamlet of Saint-Pierre-à-Champs
Viticulture
The place is located in the Anjou wine region .
