Courcelles (Charente-Maritime)

Courcelles
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Canton	Matha
Community association	Vals de Saintonge
Coordinates	45 ° 57 ′  N , 0 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 57 ′  N , 0 ° 28 ′  W
height	15-68 m
surface	6.77 km 2
Residents	471 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	70 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	17400
INSEE code	17125
Courcelles Town Hall (Mairie)

Courcelles is a French municipality with 471 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 Saint-Jean-d'Angély ). The inhabitants are called Courcellois .

geography

Courcelles is located about 60 kilometers east-southeast of La Rochelle in the Saintonge . Courcelles is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Antezant-la-Chapelle in the north and northeast, Vervant in the east and northeast, Poursay-Garnaud in the east, Saint-Julien-de-l'Escap in the south, and Saint-Jean-d'Angély in the west Southwest and Saint-Denis-du-Pin in the northwest.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	380	335	354	461	494	436	435	466
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Nicolas church

Saint-Nicolas church

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 869-870.

Web links

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