Courpignac
| Courpignac | ||
|---|---|---|
|
||
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac | |
| Canton | Pons | |
| Community association | Haute-Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 20 ′ N , 0 ° 29 ′ W | |
| height | 18-96 m | |
| surface | 14.97 km 2 | |
| Residents | 412 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 28 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17130 | |
| INSEE code | 17129 | |
Courpignac is a French municipality with 412 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Jonzac and the canton of Pons (until 2015: canton of Mirambeau ). The inhabitants are called Courpignacais .
geography
Courpignac is about 60 kilometers north-northeast of Bordeaux . Courpignac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Soubran in the north and north-west, Salignac-de-Mirambeau in the north, Rouffignac in the east, Chamouillac in the east and south-east, Val-de-Livenne in the south and Boisredon in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 437 | 396 | 347 | 339 | 341 | 359 | 400 | 412 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church with Romanesque baptismal font
See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Courpignac
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 462-463.
Web links
Commons : Courpignac - collection of images, videos and audio files
