Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | cognac | |
| Canton | Cognac-2 | |
| Community association | Grand Cognac | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 42 ′ N , 0 ° 24 ′ W | |
| height | 2-76 m | |
| surface | 10.87 km 2 | |
| Residents | 829 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 76 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 16100 | |
| INSEE code | 16330 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac |
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Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac is a French commune with 829 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Charente department . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Cognac and the canton of Cognac-2 (until 2015: canton of Cognac-Sud ). The inhabitants call themselves Saint-Laurentais .
geography
Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac is about six kilometers west of Cognac . The Charente limits the municipality to the south. The neighboring municipalities of Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac are Louzac-Saint-André in the north, Javrezac in the east, Cognac in the east and south-east, Merpins in the south and south-east, Salignac-sur-Charente in the south and south-west and Chérac in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 665 | 670 | 726 | 804 | 921 | 923 | 898 | 829 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Laurent church from the 12th century, renovations from the 15th and 18th centuries
- Mills
Web links
Commons : Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac - Collection of images, videos and audio files
