Champagne (Charente-Maritime)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Rochefort | |
| Canton | Marennes | |
| Community association | Rochefort Ocean | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 50 ′ N , 0 ° 54 ′ W | |
| height | 1-40 m | |
| surface | 19.53 km 2 | |
| Residents | 611 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 31 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17620 | |
| INSEE code | 17083 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Champagne |
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Champagne is a French municipality with 611 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Champagne belongs to the Arrondissement of Rochefort and the Canton of Marennes (until 2015: Canton Saint-Agnant ). The inhabitants are called Champagnais .
geography
Champagne is about twelve kilometers south-southeast of Rochefort city center . Champagne is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Agnant in the north and north-west, Trizay in the north and north-east, Sainte-Radegonde and Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult in the east, Sainte-Gemme in the south and south-east, La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien to the south and southwest and Saint-Jean-d'Angle to the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 556 | 514 | 454 | 448 | 482 | 530 | 615 | 614 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Champagne (Charente-Maritime)
- Romanesque church of Saint-André
Personalities
- Anne of Perusse d'Escars (1546–1612), cardinal and bishop of Metz
- René Caillié (1799–1838), explorer, mayor of Champagne
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 795-796.
