Genac
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| local community | Genac-Bignac | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | cognac | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 48 ′ N , 0 ° 2 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 16170 | |
| Former INSEE code | 16148 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Former town hall (Mairie) of Genac |
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Genac is a village and a former French commune of 760 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ). It belonged to the arrondissement of Cognac and the canton of Val de Nouère (until 2015: canton of Rouillac ). The inhabitants are called Genacais .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the former municipalities of Bignac and Genac were merged into a commune nouvelle called Genac-Bignac . The former municipalities have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Genac.
geography
Genac is about 19 kilometers north-northwest of Angoulême . The Charente crosses the former municipality in the north. The municipality of Genac was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Marcillac-Lanville in the north, La Chapelle in the north and northeast, Vouharte in the east and northeast, Bignac in the east, Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac in the south, Saint-Cybardeaux in the west and southwest and Gourville in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2012 |
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| Residents | 708 | 685 | 686 | 678 | 761 | 686 | 672 | 759 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Catholic Church of Saint-Pierre-des-Martyrs from the 12th century, monument historique since 1980
- Wash house
