Cressé

Cressé
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Canton	Matha
Community association	Vals de Saintonge
Coordinates	45 ° 55 ′  N , 0 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 55 ′  N , 0 ° 13 ′  W
height	62-105 m
surface	10.96 km 2
Residents	240 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	22 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	17160
INSEE code	17135
Town hall (Mairie) of Cressé

Cressé is a French municipality with 240 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 . The inhabitants are called Cressois .

geography

Cressé is located about 70 kilometers east-southeast of La Rochelle in the Saintonge . Cressé is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Seigné in the north, Fontaine-Chalendray in the north and northeast, Bazauges in the east, Beauvais-sur-Matha in the south and east, Gourvillette in the south, Les Touches-de-Périgny in the west and Le Gicq in the north-west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	432	404	364	307	266	254	255	240
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Notre-Dame-de-la-Transfiguration Church

See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Cressé

Notre-Dame-de-la-Transfiguration Church

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 430-432.

Web links

Commons : Cressé  - collection of images, videos and audio files