Messac (Charente-Maritime)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac | |
| Canton | Les Trois Monts | |
| Community association | Haute-Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 21 ′ N , 0 ° 19 ′ W | |
| height | 45-106 m | |
| surface | 7.24 km 2 | |
| Residents | 105 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 15 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17130 | |
| INSEE code | 17231 | |
 Messac Town Hall |
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Messac is a southwestern French community with 105 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement Jonzac and the canton Les Trois Monts (until 2015 Montendre ). The inhabitants are called Messacais .
location
Messac is located in the south of the Saintonge about 65 kilometers north-northeast of Bordeaux . Messac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Léoville in the north and north-west, Vanzac in the north and east, Mérignac in the south and south-east, Pommiers-Moulons in the south-west and Vibrac in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 156 | 157 | 143 | 135 | 127 | 107 | 109 | 105 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Félix church from the 13th century
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Messac (Charente-Maritime)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 496-497.
Web links
Commons : Messac - collection of images, videos and audio files
