Saint-Aigulin
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac | |
| Canton | Les Trois Monts | |
| Community association | Haute-Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 9 ′ N , 0 ° 1 ′ W | |
| height | 15-116 m | |
| surface | 28.36 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,911 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 67 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17360 | |
| INSEE code | 17309 | |
| Website | www.saint-aigulin.fr | |
 Saint-Aigulin town hall |
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Saint-Aigulin is a southwestern French community with 1,911 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement Jonzac and the canton Les Trois Monts (until 2015: canton Montguyon ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Aigulinois .
location
Saint-Aigulin is the easternmost commune in the Charente-Maritime department. It is located in the south of the Saintonge on the river Dronne about 57 kilometers northwest of Bordeaux . Saint-Aigulin is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Boscamnant in the north and north-west, La Genétouze in the north, Médillac and Parcoul-Chenaud in the north-east, La Roche-Chalais in the east, La Barde in the south and Saint-Martin-de-Coux in the west and south-west .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 2317 | 2343 | 2359 | 2220 | 2040 | 1985 | 1943 | 1911 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Fort church
- Motten (ramparts) from La Mozenne
See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Saint-Aigulin
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 525-526.
