Montils (Charente-Maritime)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Saintes | |
| Canton | Thénac | |
| Community association | Saintes | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 39 ′ N , 0 ° 30 ′ W | |
| height | 2-56 m | |
| surface | 23.64 km 2 | |
| Residents | 853 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 36 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17800 | |
| INSEE code | 17242 | |
| Website | http://www.montils.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Montils |
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Montils is a western French community with 853 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement Saintes and the canton Thénac (until 2015: canton Pons ). The inhabitants are called Montiliens .
location
Montils is located in the old cultural landscape of the Saintonge about 14 kilometers southeast of Saintes . Montils is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Sever-de-Saintonge and Rouffiac in the north, Chérac in the northeast, Pérignac in the east, Saint-Seurin-de-Palenne in the south, Saint-Léger in the southwest, Colombiers in the west and Berneuil and Courcoury in the Northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 |
| Residents | 713 | 647 | 620 | 617 | 644 | 652 | 721 | 853 |
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Attractions
- Church St-Sulpice in the 12th century monument historique since 1923
- town hall
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Montils (Charente-Maritime)
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literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 599-600.
