Grandjean
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Charente-Maritime | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | |
Canton | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | |
Community association | Vals de Saintonge | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 53 ′ N , 0 ° 36 ′ W | |
height | 7-91 m | |
surface | 6.1 km 2 | |
Residents | 300 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 49 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 17350 | |
INSEE code | 17181 | |
Town Hall (Mairie) of Grandjean |
Grandjean is a French commune of 300 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély and the canton of Saint-Jean-d'Angély (until 2015: canton of Saint-Savinien ). The inhabitants are called Grandjeannais .
geography
Grandjean is located about 55 kilometers southeast of La Rochelle on the Bramerit River and its tributaries Fontvieille and Sauvaget . Grandjean is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Taillant in the north and northwest, Fenioux in the north, Mazeray in the northeast, Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche in the east and southeast, La Frédière in the south, Taillebourg in the southwest and Saint-Savinien in the west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 300 | 267 | 240 | 211 | 224 | 232 | 246 | 273 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Grandjean
- Saint-Barthélemy church, monument historique since 1983
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 964-965.