Communauté de communes de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole

Communauté de communes de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole
Region (s)	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department (s)	Charente-Maritime
Establishment date	December 26, 1995
legal form	Communauté de communes
Communities	16
president	Loic Girard
SIREN number	241 700 632
surface	263.49 km²
Residents	14,008 (2015)
Population density	53 inhabitants / km²
Website	http://www.cc-canton-gemozac.fr/
Location of the association of municipalities in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region

The Communauté de communes de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole is a French association of municipalities with the legal form of a Communauté de communes in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It was founded on December 26, 1995 and comprises 16 parishes. The administrative headquarters are in Gémozac . As a result of a change in the canton name in 2015, the association of municipalities was renamed from its original name Communauté de communes du Canton de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole to the current name.

Historical development

The community association was founded on December 26, 1995 by originally 15 members. On January 1, 2013, the municipality of Thézac was added.

Member municipalities

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code
Berneuil	1,146	25.45	45	17044	17460
Cravans	872	14.72	59	17133	17260
Gémozac	2,851	31.93	89	17172	17260
Jazennes	532	10.84	49	17196	17260
Meursac	1,489	26.17	57	17232	17120
Montpellier-de-Médillan	682	14.85	46	17244	17260
Rétaud	1,069	19.92	54	17296	17460
Rioux	960	18.98	51	17298	17460
Saint-André-de-Lidon	1.105	23.83	46	17310	17260
Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille	654	8.95	73	17404	17260
Tanzac	312	11.23	28	17438	17380
Tesson	1,075	12.13	89	17441	17460
Thaims	384	8.74	44	17442	17120
Thézac	321	12.42	26th	17445	17600
Villars-en-Pons	566	13.32	42	17469	17260
Virollet	275	10.01	27	17479	17260
Communauté de communes de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole	14.008	263.49	53	-	-

geography

location

The community association is south of the city of Saintes and west of Pons ; it belongs to the historical cultural landscape of the Saintonge .

landscape

From about 5 to a maximum of 72 meters above sea level. d. M. extending landscape has a slightly undulating profile.

climate

A rather balanced and mild maritime climate is predominant . The maximum daytime temperatures in summer reach 30 to 35 ° C; in winter they are between 10 and 15 ° C. Night or even day frosts are very rare.

economy

The soils of the municipalities belonging to the association of municipalities belong to the Fins Bois and Bons Bois of the Cognac wine-growing region , but grain is also grown on many agricultural areas.

Attractions

There is a Romanesque church in almost every place in Saintonge . The two churches of Rétaud and Rioux are particularly worth seeing.

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1. ^ The association of municipalities on www.insee.fr, the INSEE website .
2. ↑ CC du Canton de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole (SIREN: 241 700 632) in the Base nationale sur l'intercommunalité (BANATIC) of the French Ministry of the Interior (French), accessed on February 14, 2016 (still with the old name).