Genouillac (Charente)
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| local community | Terres-de-Haute-Charente | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | Confolens | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 51 ' N , 0 ° 34' E | |
| Post Code | 16270 | |
| Former INSEE code | 16149 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Former town hall (Mairie) of Genouillac |
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Genouillac is a village and a former French community with 601 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ). It belonged to the Arrondissement Confolens and the canton Charente-Bonnieure (until 2015 Saint-Claud ). The inhabitants are called Genouillacais .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former communes of Roumazières-Loubert , Genouillac , Mazières , La Péruse and Suris were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Terres-de-Haute-Charente and have the status of a commune déléguée in the new commune . The administrative headquarters are located in Roumazières-Loubert.
geography
The place is about 29 kilometers northeast of Angoulême . Genouillac is surrounded by the neighboring towns of Roumazières-Loubert in the north, Suris in the east, Lésignac-Durand in the south-east, Cherves-Châtelars in the south, Mazières in the south and west, Suaux in the west and Nieuil in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1856 | 1901 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 869 | 881 | 876 | 914 | 900 | 863 | 715 | 574 | 575 | 574 | 614 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Martial church from the 12th century
- old brick factory Perrusson
Saint-Martial church
old brick factory
