Saint-Dizant-du-Gua
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac | |
| Canton | Pons | |
| Community association | Haute-Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 26 ′ N , 0 ° 42 ′ W | |
| height | 2-62 m | |
| surface | 18.44 km 2 | |
| Residents | 533 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 29 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17240 | |
| INSEE code | 17325 | |
| Website | http://www.saintdizantdugua.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Saint-Dizant-du-Gua |
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Saint-Dizant-du-Gua is a French municipality with 533 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Jonzac and the canton of Pons (until 2015 Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Dizanais .
geography
Saint-Dizant-du-Gua is located about 36 kilometers south-southwest of Saintes on the Gironde estuary . Saint-Dizant-du-Gua is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde in the north and north-west, Lorignac in the north and north-east, Saint-Ciers-du-Taillon in the east and south-east, Sainte-Ramée in the south-east and Saint- Thomas-de-Conac in the south.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 810 | 790 | 699 | 606 | 584 | 548 | 536 | 533 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Michel church from the 18th century
- Beaulon Castle, Monument historique since 1987
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Dizant-du-Gua
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 830-831.
