Fomperron
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres | |
| Arrondissement | Parthenay | |
| Canton | La Gâtine | |
| Community association | Parthenay-Gâtine | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 29 ′ N , 0 ° 6 ′ W | |
| height | 149-191 m | |
| surface | 17.4 km 2 | |
| Residents | 420 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 24 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 79340 | |
| INSEE code | 79121 | |
| Website | http://www.cc-parthenay-gatine.fr/Fomperron/Pages/accueil.aspx | |
Fomperron is a French commune in the department of Deux-Sèvres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ). It has 420 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) and belongs to the Parthenay district and the La Gâtine canton (until 2015: Ménigoute canton ).
geography
Fomperron is located about 21 kilometers south-southeast of Parthenay and about 32 kilometers northeast of Niort in the Gâtinais . Fomperron is surrounded by the neighboring communities
- Les Châteliers with Chantecorps in the northwest and Coutières in the north,
- Ménigoute in the east and northeast,
- Saint-Germier in the southeast,
- Soudan in the south,
- Nanteuil in the southwest,
- Exireuil in the west.
Population development
| year | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | 632 | 579 | 535 | 455 | 392 | 354 | 333 | 356 | 428 |
Attractions
- Saint-Maximin church from 1693
- Ruins of the Cistercian monastery Les Châtelliers , founded in 1163, dissolved in 1791, demolished at the beginning of the 20th century
Individual evidence
Web links
Commons : Fomperron - collection of images, videos and audio files
