Essouvert
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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 | 45 ° 59 ′ N , 0 ° 31 ′ W | |
| height | 26-109 m | |
| surface | 30.23 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,163 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 38 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17400 | |
| INSEE code | 17277 | |
Essouvert is a French commune with 1,163 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 the canton of Saint-Jean-d'Angély (until 2015: canton of Saint-Savinien ). The inhabitants are called Essouvertois .
On January 1, 2016, the previously independent municipalities of Saint-Denis-du-Pin and La Benâte were merged to form today's Commune nouvelle Essouvert.
geography
Essouvert is about 50 kilometers east-southeast of La Rochelle . Essouvert is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Courant in the north and north-west, Lozay in the north, Loulay in the north and north-east, Antezant-la-Chapelle in the east, Courcelles in the south-east, Saint-Jean-d'Angély in the south, La Vergne in the south and south-west as well as Landes in the west.
The A10 car route runs through the municipality .
structure
| District | former INSEE code |
Area (km²) | Population (2016) |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Benâte | 17040 | 11.07 | 421 |
| Saint-Denis-du-Pin (administrative headquarters) | 17277 | 19.16 | 749 |
Attractions
- Saint-Denis church
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population figures retrospectively from January 1, 2016
