Chives

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Chives
Chives (France)
Chives
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Canton Matha
Community association Vals de Saintonge
Coordinates 45 ° 58 ′  N , 0 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 58 ′  N , 0 ° 8 ′  W
height 82-142 m
surface 20.66 km 2
Residents 331 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 17510
INSEE code
Website http://www.chives.fr/

Town Hall (Mairie) of Chives

Chives is a French municipality with 331 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the arrondissement Saint-Jean-d'Angély and is part of the canton Matha (until 2015: canton Aulnay ). The inhabitants are called Chivois .

geography

Chives is located about 70 kilometers east-southeast of La Rochelle in the Saintonge . Chives is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Couture-d'Argenson in the north and north-east, Les Gours in the east, Lupsault in the south-east, Barbezières in the south and south-east, Ranville-Breuilland in the south, Fontaine-Chalendray in the west and south-west and Villiers-Couture in the north-west .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 566 502 444 457 424 378 371 352
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Julien church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 116-117.

Web links

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