Château Garnier

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Château Garnier
Château-Garnier (France)
Château Garnier
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Vienne
Arrondissement Montmorillon
Canton Civray
Community association Civraisien en Poitou
Coordinates 46 ° 16 '  N , 0 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 16 '  N , 0 ° 26'  E
height 117-159 m
surface 35.89 km 2
Residents 614 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 17 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 86350
INSEE code
Website http://www.chateau-garnier.fr/

Château-Garnier is a French municipality with 614 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Montmorillon and the canton of Civray (until 2015: canton of Gençay ). The inhabitants are called Castelgarnerois .

geography

Château-Garnier is located about 45 kilometers south-southeast of Poitiers on the Clain . Château-Garnier is surrounded by the neighboring communities of La Ferrière-Arioux in the north and north-west, Saint-Secondin in the north and north-east, Usson-du-Poitou in the east, Payroux and Joussé in the south-east, La Chapelle-Bâton in the south, and Saint-Romain in the Southwest and Sommières-du-Clain in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 1,016 856 771 712 660 600 631 632
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Maurice Church
  • Monchandy mansion

Community partnerships

There is a partnership with the German municipality of Amöneburg in Hesse.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vienne. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-128-7 , pp. 303-306.

Web links

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