Courant
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | |
| Canton | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | |
| Community association | Vals de Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 3 ′ N , 0 ° 34 ′ W | |
| height | 12-99 m | |
| surface | 15.46 km 2 | |
| Residents | 414 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 27 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17330 | |
| INSEE code | 17124 | |
 City Hall (Mairie) of Courant |
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Courant is a French municipality with 414 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély and is part of the canton of Saint-Jean-d'Angély (until 2015: canton of Loulay ). The inhabitants are called Courantais .
geography
Courant is about 46 kilometers east-southeast of La Rochelle in the Saintonge . Courant is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Bernay-Saint-Martin in the north and north-west, Migré in the north-east, Lozay in the east, Essouvert in the south and south-east, Landes in the south, Nachamps in the west and south-west and Puyrolland in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 438 | 423 | 349 | 329 | 294 | 277 | 337 | 397 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Courant
- Saint-Martin in Courant church from the 12th century
- Saint-Saturnin church in Ligueil from the 12th century
- Chapel of Sainte-Radegonde from the 12th century
Saint Martin Church
Chapel of Sainte-Radegonde
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 340-342.
