Mainxe
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| local community | Mainxe-Gondeville | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | cognac | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 39 ′ N , 0 ° 11 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 16200 | |
| Former INSEE code | 16202 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Former town hall (Mairie) of Mainxe |
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Mainxe is a village and a former French community with 655 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ). It belonged to the arrondissement of Cognac and the canton of Jarnac (until 2015: canton of Segonzac ). The inhabitants are called Mainxois .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Mainxe and Gondeville were merged to form Commune nouvelle Mainxe-Gondeville . The former municipalities have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Gondeville.
geography
Mainxe is about 14 kilometers east-southeast of Cognac . The Charente limits the area to the north. Neighboring towns to Mainxe are Jarnac in the north, Gondeville in the north-east, Saint-Même-les-Carrières in the east and south-east, Segonzac in the south and south-west and Bourg-Charente in the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 618 | 627 | 569 | 543 | 558 | 519 | 590 | 696 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Mauric church, rebuilt from 1858 to 1862
- protestant church
