Payroux

Payroux
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Vienne
Arrondissement	Montmorillon
Canton	Civray
Community association	Civraisien en Poitou
Coordinates	46 ° 13 ′  N , 0 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 13 ′  N , 0 ° 29 ′  E
height	125-167 m
surface	30.05 km 2
Residents	490 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	86350
INSEE code	86189

Payroux is a French municipality with 490 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Montmorillon and the canton of Civray (until 2015 Charroux ). The inhabitants are called Payrousiens .

location

Payroux is located about 48 kilometers south-southeast of Poitiers on the Payroux river of the same name , at its confluence with the Clain . Payroux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Jossé in the north and north-west, Château-Garnier in the north, Usson-du-Poitou in the north-east, Saint-Martin-l'Ars in the east, Mauprévoir in the south and south-east, Charroux in the south-west and La Chapelle-Bâton in the west and southwest.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	655	552	526	551	528	501	516	499
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Notre-Dame church
• Payroux Castle
• La Touche Castle from the 19th century

Personalities

• Robert Charroux (1909–1978), para-scientist
• Jean-Claude Beaulieu (* 1944), surgeon, politician (UMP)

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vienne. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-128-7 , pp. 76-78.

Web links

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