Chives
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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 | |
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 | 17105 | |
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
- Menhir La Grande Borne
- Saint-Julien church (see also: List of Monuments historiques in Chives )
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
Commons : Chives - collection of images, videos and audio files