Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac | |
| Canton | Pons | |
| Community association | Haute-Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 29 ′ N , 0 ° 34 ′ W | |
| height | 20-51 m | |
| surface | 11.02 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,244 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 113 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17240 | |
| INSEE code | 17331 | |
| Website | http://www.stgenis-saintonge.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge |
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Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge is a French commune with 1,244 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Jonzac and the canton of Pons (until 2015: canton of Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Genésiens .
geography
Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge is about 30 kilometers south of Saintes . Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Palais-de-Phiolin in the north, Mosnac in the east and northeast, Clion in the east, Saint-Sigismond-de-Clermont in the southeast, Plassac in the south and Bois in the west.
The former route nationale 137 (today's D137) runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 896 | 852 | 809 | 906 | 956 | 952 | 1185 | 1244 |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculée-Conception church from the 19th century
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 833-835.
