Saint-Césaire (Charente-Maritime)

Saint-Césaire
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saintes
Canton	Chaniers
Community association	Saintes
Coordinates	45 ° 45 ′ N , 0 ° 30 ′ W Coordinates: 45 ° 45 ′ N , 0 ° 30 ′ W
height	22-89 m
surface	10.41 km 2
Residents	875 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	84 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	17770
INSEE code	17314
Website	http://www.saint-cesaire.fr/

Saint-Césaire is a place and a western French community with 875 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Saintes and the canton of Chaniers (until 2015: canton of Burie ). The inhabitants are called Acériens .

The community became internationally known in professional circles due to a largely complete Neanderthal skeleton, known as Saint-Césaire I , which was discovered in 1979 .

Skull of the Neanderthal Man

location

Saint-Césaire is located in the Saintonge about nine kilometers east of Saintes . Saint-Césaire is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Écoyeux in the north, Brizambourg in the north and northeast, Saint-Bris-des-Bois in the east and northeast, Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac in the east, Chérac in the southeast, and Saint-Sauvant in the south South-west, Chaniers in the west and south-west, La Chapelle-des-Pots in the west and Vénérand in the north-west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008	2017
Residents	543	619	717	830	858	888	918	875
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Césaire church

Romanesque church of Saint-Césaire from the 12th century, monument historique since 1913

Saint-Césaire paleo-archaeological site

literature

Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 180-181.

Personalities

Athanase Jean (1861-1932), writer

Web links

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