Fontenet
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Charente-Maritime | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | |
Canton | Matha | |
Community association | Vals de Saintonge | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 55 ′ N , 0 ° 27 ′ W | |
height | 19-76 m | |
surface | 10.27 km 2 | |
Residents | 396 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 39 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 17400 | |
INSEE code | 17165 | |
![]() Fontenet Town Hall (Mairie) |
Fontenet is a French municipality with 396 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 (until 2015: canton Saint-Jean-d'Angély ). The inhabitants are called Fontenésiens .
geography
Fontenet is located about 75 kilometers east-southeast of La Rochelle in the Saintonge . Fontenet is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Julien-de-l'Escap in the north and north-west, Varaize in the north and east, Sainte-Même in the south and Asnières-la-Giraud in the west and south-west.
The former military airfield Base aérienne 129 Saint-Jean-d'Angely (1936–1961) was converted into an industrial area ( Le Camp ).
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 566 | 454 | 394 | 393 | 365 | 371 | 369 | 400 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Fontenet
- Saint Vincent Church
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 872-873.