Marsac (Charente)
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Charente | |
Arrondissement | Angoulême | |
Canton | Val de Nouère | |
Community association | Grand Angoulême | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 45 ′ N , 0 ° 5 ′ E | |
height | 35-143 m | |
surface | 13.34 km 2 | |
Residents | 827 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 62 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 16570 | |
INSEE code | 16210 | |
Website | www.mairie-vars16.fr | |
Marsac Town Hall (Mairie) |
Marsac is a French municipality with 827 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Angoulême and the canton of Val de Nouère (until 2015: canton of Saint-Amant-de-Boixe ). The inhabitants are called Marsacois .
geography
Marsac is located about eleven kilometers north-northwest of Angoulême on the Charente . Marsac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac in the north and west, Montignac-Charente in the north and north-east, Vars in the east, Vindelle in the south and south-east and Asnières-sur-Nouère in the south-west.
The former route nationale 139 (D939) runs through the municipality .
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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515 | 505 | 484 | 600 | 708 | 720 | 769 | 827 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Protais-et-Saint-Gervais church from the 12th century, a historic monument since 1941
Web links
Commons : Marsac - collection of images, videos and audio files