Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | cognac | |
| Canton | Val de Nouère | |
| Community association | Rouillacais | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 45 ′ N , 0 ° 2 ′ E | |
| height | 41-147 m | |
| surface | 19.08 km 2 | |
| Residents | 907 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 48 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 16570 | |
| INSEE code | 16320 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac |
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Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac is a western French community with 907 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Cognac and the canton of Val de Nouère (until 2015: canton of Hiersac ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Genissois .
location
Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac is located about 15 kilometers northwest of Angoulême in the cultural landscape of the Angoumois . The river Nouère limits the municipality to the west. Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Genac-Bignac in the north, Vouharte in the north and north-east, Montignac-Charente in the north-east, Marsac in the east, Asnières-sur-Nouère in the south, and Saint-Amant-de-Nouère in the West and south-west and Saint-Cybardeaux to the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 727 | 706 | 694 | 724 | 836 | 806 | 837 | 907 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Genis church, originally from the 11th century
- old protestant church
