Moragne
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Rochefort | |
| Canton | Tonnay-Charente | |
| Community association | Rochefort Ocean | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 58 ′ N , 0 ° 48 ′ W | |
| height | 1–63 m | |
| surface | 12.03 km 2 | |
| Residents | 507 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 42 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17430 | |
| INSEE code | 17246 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Moragne |
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Moragne is a French municipality with 507 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Moragne belongs to the Arrondissement of Rochefort and the Canton of Tonnay-Charente . The inhabitants are called Moragnais .
geography
Moragne is about twelve kilometers east-northeast of Rochefort city center . Moragne is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Genouillé in the north, Saint-Crépin in the northeast, Tonnay-Boutonne in the east, Saint-Coutant-le-Grand in the south, Lussant in the southwest and Tonnay-Charente in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 308 | 285 | 275 | 318 | 394 | 401 | 454 | 483 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church from the 11th century
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Moragne
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 1122-1123.
Web links
Commons : Moragne - Collection of images, videos and audio files
