Saint-Gaudent

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Saint-Gaudent
Saint-Gaudent (France)
Saint-Gaudent
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Vienne
Arrondissement Montmorillon
Canton Civray
Community association Civraisien en Poitou
Coordinates 46 ° 7 ′  N , 0 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 7 ′  N , 0 ° 17 ′  E
height 113-153 m
surface 11.76 km 2
Residents 310 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 26 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 86400
INSEE code

Saint-Gaudent is a French municipality with 310 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Montmorillon and the canton of Civray . The inhabitants are called Saint-Gaudentais .

location

Saint-Gaudent is about 60 kilometers south-southwest of Poitiers . Saint-Gaudent is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil in the north and north-west, Civray in the north and north-east, Genouillé in the east, Lizant in the south, Voulême in the west and south-west, Saint-Macoux in the west and Saint-Saviol in the Northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 320 317 327 337 341 305 288 301
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • 14th century church
  • neo-Gothic parish church, built between 1880 and 1882
  • La Roche d'Orillac Castle, Monument historique since 1935
  • Cornac mansion from the 17th century
  • Le Roc castle from the 18th century
church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vienne. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-128-7 , pp. 199-202.

Web links

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