Cherac
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Saintes | |
| Canton | Chaniers | |
| Community association | Saintes | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 42 ′ N , 0 ° 26 ′ W | |
| height | 2-95 m | |
| surface | 29.88 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,104 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 37 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17610 | |
| INSEE code | 17100 | |
| Website | http://www.cherac.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Chérac |
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Chérac is a place and a western French municipality with 1104 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Saintes and the canton of Chaniers (until 2015: canton of Burie ). The inhabitants are called Chéracais .
location
Chérac is located in the Saintonge about 15 kilometers east-southeast of Saintes . The Charente river limits the municipality to the south. Chérac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac in the north, Louzac-Saint-André in the east and northeast, Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac in the east and southeast, Salignac-sur-Charente in the south and southeast, Brives- sur-Charente in the south, Montils and Rouffiac in the south-west, Dompierre-sur-Charente in the west and Saint-Sauvant and Saint-Césaire in the north-west. The National Route 141 runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 |
| Residents | 922 | 879 | 813 | 946 | 1045 | 1006 | 1033 | 1104 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Romanesque church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais from the 12th century
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Chérac
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 169-171.
