La Frédière
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| local community | Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 52 ′ N , 0 ° 35 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 17770 | |
| Former INSEE code | 17169 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of La Frédière |
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La Frédière is a village and a former French commune with a population of 68 (as at 1st January 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ). It belonged to the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély and the canton of Chaniers (until 2015: canton of Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche ). The inhabitants are called Frelois .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche and La Frédière were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche of the same name and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche.
geography
La Frédière is about 58 kilometers south-east of La Rochelle on the Bramerit River . La Frédière is surrounded by the neighboring towns of Grandjean in the north and north-west, Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche in the east and south-east, Juicq in the south and south-east, Annepont in the south and west and Taillebourg in the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2013 |
| Residents | 56 | 66 | 54 | 46 | 57 | 53 | 75 | 81 |
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Attractions
- Romanesque church of Saint-Hilaire from the 12th century, monument historique since 1949
- Stone cross
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , p. 853.
