Cramchaban
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | La Rochelle | |
| Canton | Marans | |
| Community association | Aunis Atlantique | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 13 ′ N , 0 ° 43 ′ W | |
| height | 1–33 m | |
| surface | 16.06 km 2 | |
| Residents | 655 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 41 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17170 | |
| INSEE code | 17132 | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) of Cramchaban |
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Cramchaban is a French municipality with 655 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017), in the department of Charente-Maritime and in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine located. It belongs to the arrondissement of La Rochelle and the canton of Marans (until 2015: canton of Courçon ). The inhabitants are called Cramois or Cramchabanais .
geography
Cramchaban is about 32 kilometers east-northeast of La Rochelle . Cramchaban is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud in the north, Prin-Deyrançon in the east and northeast, Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon in the east and southeast, Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly in the south, Benon in the west and South-west, La Laigne in the west and La Grève-sur-Mignon in the north-west.
The Route nationale 11 runs through the south of the municipality .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| 559 | 619 | 503 | 534 | 516 | 514 | 554 | 639 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Cramchaban
- Saint-Pierre church
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 201-202.
