Neuvicq-le-Château
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | |
| Canton | Matha | |
| Community association | Vals de Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 48 ′ N , 0 ° 10 ′ W | |
| height | 47-156 m | |
| surface | 15.14 km 2 | |
| Residents | 321 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 21 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17490 | |
| INSEE code | 17261 | |
Neuvicq-le-Chateau is a French commune with a population of 321 (as at 1st January 2017) in the Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the arrondissement Saint-Jean-d'Angély and is part of the canton Matha . The inhabitants are called Neuvicquois .
geography
Neuvicq-le-Château is located about 17 kilometers northeast of Cognac in the Saintonge . Neuvicq-le-Château is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Bresdon in the north, Val-d'Auge in the north-east, Rouillac in the east, Mareuil in the south-east, Courbillac in the south, Macqueville in the west and south-west and Siecq in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 481 | 504 | 433 | 406 | 385 | 381 | 394 | 321 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Martin church, monument historique since 1948
- Neuvicq Castle from the 15th century, monument historique since 1912
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Neuvicq-le-Château
Saint Martin Church
Neuvicq Castle
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 445-447.
