Colombiers (Vienne)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Châtellerault | |
| Canton | Châtellerault-1 | |
| Community association | Grand Châtellerault | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 46 ′ N , 0 ° 26 ′ E | |
| height | 56-153 m | |
| surface | 20.77 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,501 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 72 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 86490 | |
| INSEE code | 86081 | |
Colombiers is a municipality with 1501 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the central west of France . It belongs to the canton of Châtellerault-1 (until 2015: canton of Châtellerault-Ouest ) in the arrondissement of Châtellerault and to the community association Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Châtelleraudais . The inhabitants are called Colombinois .
geography
Colombiers is located about ten kilometers west-southwest of Châtellerault , in the Pays Châtelleraudais . Colombiers is surrounded by the neighboring communities Scorbé-Clairvaux in the north, Thuré in the northeast, Naintré in the east, Beaumont in the south and Marigny-Brizay in the west and southwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 888 | 790 | 846 | 1,078 | 1,286 | 1,274 | 1,361 | 1,514 |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame church
- Romanesque bridge
Personalities
- Sylvain Chavanel (* 1979), racing cyclist
Community partnerships
There is a partnership with the French community of Manderen in the Moselle department.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vienne. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-128-7 , pp. 109-113.
