Puy-du-Lac
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | |
| Canton | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | |
| Community association | Vals de Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 57 ′ N , 0 ° 45 ′ W | |
| height | 1–28 m | |
| surface | 14.62 km 2 | |
| Residents | 487 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 33 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17380 | |
| INSEE code | 17292 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Puy-du-Lac |
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Puy-du-Lac is a French municipality with 487 inhabitants (as of January 1 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 Saint-Jean-d'Angély (until 2015: canton Tonnay-Boutonne ). The inhabitants are called Puy-Lacquois .
geography
Puy-du-Lac is located about 25 kilometers north-north-west of Saintes on the Boutonne River , which forms the southern municipal boundary, in the Saintonge . Puy-du-Lac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Tonnay-Boutonne in the north and northeast, Archingeay in the east, Champdolent in the south and southwest and Saint-Coutant-le-Grand in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 298 | 272 | 209 | 206 | 248 | 280 | 345 | 462 |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church from the 12th century, rebuilt in the 19th century
- La Grève Castle
- La Jarrie Mill
Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church
La Jarrie Mill
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 1103-1105.
