Champagnac (Charente-Maritime)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac | |
| Canton | Jonzac | |
| Community association | Haute-Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 26 ′ N , 0 ° 23 ′ W | |
| height | 31-92 m | |
| surface | 12.89 km 2 | |
| Residents | 529 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 41 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17500 | |
| INSEE code | 17082 | |
| Website | http://www.champagnac17.fr/ | |
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Champagnac is a French municipality with 529 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Jonzac and the canton of Jonzac . The inhabitants are called Champagnacais .
geography
Champagnac is located about 71 kilometers north-northeast of Bordeaux . Champagnac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Réaux sur Trèfle in the north, Meux in the east and northeast, Saint-Germain-de-Vibrac in the southeast, Saint-Médard in the south, Ozillac in the south and southwest and Jonzac in the west and northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 449 | 404 | 401 | 431 | 427 | 463 | 507 | 529 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens church, monument historique since 1923
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Champagnac (Charente-Maritime)
Personalities
- Régis Messac (1893–1945), writer and pacifist, murdered in Buchenwald concentration camp
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 297-299.
Web links
Commons : Champagnac - collection of images, videos and audio files
