Pessines
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Saintes | |
| Canton | Thénac | |
| Community association | Saintes | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 44 ′ N , 0 ° 43 ′ W | |
| height | 24-71 m | |
| surface | 9.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 745 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 82 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17810 | |
| INSEE code | 17275 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Pessines |
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Pessines is a western French community with 745 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 Saintes and the canton Thénac (until 2015 canton Saintes-Ouest ). The inhabitants are called pessinois .
geography
Pessines is located about seven kilometers west-southwest of Saintes in the middle of the cultural landscape of the Saintonge . Pessines is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Nieul-lès-Saintes in the north and north-west, Saintes in the east, Chermignac in the south and south-east, Varzay in the south-west and Luchat and La Clisse in the west.
Route nationale 150 runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 186 | 218 | 274 | 406 | 566 | 648 | 772 | 745 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Gilles Church
- Oak from Montravail
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Pessines
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 999-1000.
