Floirac (Charente-Maritime)

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Floirac
Floirac (France)
Floirac
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement Saintes
Canton Saintonge Estuaire
Community association Royan Atlantique
Coordinates 45 ° 29 ′  N , 0 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 29 ′  N , 0 ° 45 ′  W
height 1-68 m
surface 16.02 km 2
Residents 371 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 23 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 17120, 17240
INSEE code 17160

Floirac is a French municipality with 371 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Saintes and the canton of Saintonge Estuaire (until 2015 canton of Cozes ). The inhabitants are called Floiracais .

It was created as the Commune nouvelle of the same name with effect from January 1, 2018 through the dissolution of the old municipality and amalgamation with the formerly independent municipality of Saint-Romain-sur-Gironde , which was not granted the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality .

Community structure

District former
INSEE code 		Area
(km²)		 Altitude
(m)		 Population
(2015)
Floirac (administrative headquarters) 17160 12.86 1-68 311
Saint-Romain-sur-Gironde00 17392 03.16 1-30 064

location

Floirac is located on the northeast bank of the Gironde in the historic cultural landscape of the Saintonge . Floirac is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Mortagne-sur-Gironde in the north and west, Brie-sous-Mortagne in the north and north-east, Saint-Germain-du-Seudre in the north-east and Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde .

Population development

local community Population (Census)
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2008 2011 2013 2015
Floirac 356 330 337 269 285 292 331 330 321 313 311
Saint-Romain-sur-Gironde00 65 61 52 38 53 51 50 50 52 61 64
Floirac 421 391 389 307 338 343 381 380 373 374 375
Source: Cassini and INSEE

The (total) population of the municipality of Floirac was determined by adding up the municipalities that were independent until the end of 2017.

Attractions

  • Saint-Etienne church, built in the early 13th century
  • Mill of La Champagne
  • La Sablière Mill
  • Mill of Clopilet

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Floirac (Charente-Maritime)

Saint-Etienne church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , p. 228.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Decree of the Prefecture No. 17-2219 on the formation of the Commune nouvelle Floirac of November 8, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Population figures retrospectively as of January 1, 2015