Les Pins
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | Confolens | |
| Canton | Charente-Bonnieure | |
| Community association | Charente limousine | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 49 ′ N , 0 ° 23 ′ E | |
| height | 72-137 m | |
| surface | 21.06 km 2 | |
| Residents | 462 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 22 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 16260 | |
| INSEE code | 16261 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Les Pins |
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Les Pins is a French municipality with 462 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the Arrondissement Confolens and the canton Charente-Bonnieure (until 2015 Saint-Claud ). The inhabitants are called Pinusiens .
geography
Les Pins is about thirty kilometers northeast of Angoulême . Les Pins is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Mary in the north and north-west, Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure in the east and north-east, Taponnat-Fleurignac in the south-east, Rivières in the south, Agris in the south and south-west, La Rochette in the west and south-west and Val- de-Bonnieure to the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1856 | 1901 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 750 | 1,136 | 857 | 464 | 403 | 413 | 411 | 359 | 400 | 420 | 441 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church from the 12th century
- Tower of the castle, monument historique since 1958
Saint-Pierre church
Les Pins Castle
