Fontcouverte (Charente-Maritime)
| Font envelope | ||
|---|---|---|
|
||
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Saintes | |
| Canton | Chaniers | |
| Community association | Saintes | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 46 ′ N , 0 ° 35 ′ W | |
| height | 2-81 m | |
| surface | 11.58 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,354 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 203 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17100 | |
| INSEE code | 17164 | |
| Website | www.fontcouverte17.fr | |
Fontcouverte is a western French municipality with 2354 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Fontcouverte belongs to the Arrondissement Saintes and the Canton of Chaniers (until 2015: Canton Saintes-Nord ). The inhabitants are called Fontcouvertois .
geography
Fontcouverte is located about four kilometers northeast of Saintes on the Escambouille stream in the Saintonge countryside . Fontcouverte is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Le Douhet in the north, Vénérand in the northeast, La Chapelle-des-Pots in the east, Chaniers in the southeast, Saintes in the south and west and Bussac-sur-Charente in the northwest.
The station is on the Chartres – Bordeaux line .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 711 | 719 | 1106 | 1706 | 1962 | 1892 | 2082 | 2354 |
Attractions
- Remains of the Roman aqueduct that supplied the Roman Mediolanum Santonum (today Saintes), since 1990 Monument historique
- Saint-Vivien church, built in the early 12th century, bell tower in the early 17th century
- Wash house
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Fontcouverte (Charente-Maritime)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 993-994.
