Landes (Charente-Maritime)
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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 | 46 ° 0 ′ N , 0 ° 36 ′ W | |
height | 6–76 m | |
surface | 16.05 km 2 | |
Residents | 611 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 38 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 17380 | |
INSEE code | 17202 |
Landes is a French municipality with 611 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 is part of the canton of Saint-Jean-d'Angély . The inhabitants are called Landais .
geography
Landes is about 55 kilometers east-southeast of La Rochelle in the Saintonge . Landes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Courant in the north, Essouvert in the east, La Vergne in the south and south-east, Torxé in the south and south-west, Chantemerle-sur-la-Soie in the south-west, Saint-Loup in the west and Nachamps in the north-west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
Residents | 443 | 522 | 513 | 505 | 527 | 524 | 542 | 611 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church from the 14th century, monument historique since 1903
- House of Varennes from the 16th century, monument historique since 1948
- Dairy from 1893, converted into a business in the 1950s
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Landes (Charente-Maritime)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 873-875.
Web links
Commons : Landes - collection of images, videos and audio files