Chepniers
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac | |
| Canton | Les Trois Monts | |
| Community association | Haute-Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 15 ′ N , 0 ° 19 ′ W | |
| height | 71-124 m | |
| surface | 28.21 km 2 | |
| Residents | 646 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 23 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17210 | |
| INSEE code | 17099 | |
| Website | http://www.chepniers.fr/ | |
 Chepniers Town Hall |
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Chepniers is a southwestern French community with 646 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement Jonzac and the canton Les Trois Monts (until 2015 Montlieu-la-Garde ). The inhabitants are called Chepniacais .
location
Chepniers is located about 50 kilometers north-northeast of Bordeaux on the Livenne . Chepniers is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Jussas in the north and north-west, Polignac in the north and north-east, Sainte-Colombe and Pouillac in the north-east, Montlieu-la-Garde in the south and east, Bussac-Forêt in the south and south-west and Corignac in the west and south-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2013 |
| Residents | 796 | 734 | 655 | 617 | 604 | 643 | 641 | 679 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Chepniers
- Saint-Étienne church from the 12th / 13th centuries Century, former commander of the Order of St. John, since 1935 Monument historique
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 535-536.
