Mazières (Charente)
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local community | Terres-de-Haute-Charente | |
region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Charente | |
Arrondissement | Confolens | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 50 ′ N , 0 ° 34 ′ E | |
Post Code | 16270 | |
Former INSEE code | 16214 | |
Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
status | Commune déléguée | |
Former town hall (Mairie) of Mazières |
Mazières is a village and a former French community with 102 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ). It belonged to the Arrondissement Confolens and the canton Charente-Bonnieure (until 2015 Saint-Claud ). The inhabitants are called Mazièrois .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former communes of Roumazières-Loubert , Genouillac , Mazières , La Péruse and Suris were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Terres-de-Haute-Charente and have the status of a commune déléguée in the new commune . The administrative headquarters are located in Roumazières-Loubert.
geography
Mazières is located about 38 kilometers northeast of Angoulême . Mazières is surrounded by the neighboring towns of Genouillac in the north and east, Cherves-Châtelars in the south and Suaux in the west and north-west.
Population development
year | 1793 | 1856 | 1901 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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Residents | 314 | 293 | 282 | 190 | 179 | 140 | 126 | 88 | 93 | 99 | 100 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Sulpice church