Melleran
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres | |
| Arrondissement | Niort | |
| Canton | Melle | |
| Community association | Mellois en Poitou | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 8 ′ N , 0 ° 0 ′ E | |
| height | 130-169 m | |
| surface | 19.9 km 2 | |
| Residents | 507 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 25 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 79190 | |
| INSEE code | 79175 | |
Melleran is a French municipality with 507 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Deux-Sèvres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Niort and is part of the canton of Melle ( Sauzé-Vaussais until 2015 ).
geography
Melleran is about 45 kilometers east-southeast of Niort . Melleran is surrounded by the neighboring communities
- Alloinay in the north and west,
- Clussais-la-Pommeraie in the northeast,
- La Chapelle-Pouilloux in the east,
- Lorigné in the southeast,
- Valdelaume with Hanc , Bouin in the south and Ardilleux in the southwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 844 | 750 | 701 | 631 | 587 | 522 | 510 | 522 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Notre-Dame church from the 12th century
Personalities
- Claire Sainte-Soline (1897–1967), writer and physicist
Web links
Commons : Melleran - collection of images, videos and audio files
