Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre

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Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre
Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre (France)
Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement Bressuire
Canton Mauléon
Community association Bocage Bressuirais
Coordinates 46 ° 59 ′  N , 0 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 59 ′  N , 0 ° 45 ′  W
height 102-195 m
surface 28.92 km 2
Residents 1,409 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 49 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 79700
INSEE code

Saint-Amand-sur-Sevre is a French commune with 1,409 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Deux-Sèvres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement Bressuire and the canton Mauléon .

location

Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre is located about 23 kilometers west-northwest of Bressuire in the Haut- Poitou landscape . The Sèvre Nantaise limits the municipality to the west and south-west. Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Mauléon in the north, La Petite-Boissière in the east, Montravers in the south and south-east, La Pommeraie-sur-Sèvre in the south, La Flocellière in the south-west, Les Châtelliers-Châteaumur in the west as well Treize-Vents in the northwest.

history

From 1973 to 1992 Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre was part of the neighboring municipality of Mauléon .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 1,380 1,281 - - - 1,229 1,255 1,328
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Romanesque church
  • La Guierche Castle

Web links

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