Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Charente-Maritime | |
Arrondissement | Rochefort | |
Canton | Châtelaillon plague | |
Community association | Rochefort Ocean | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 59 ′ N , 1 ° 6 ′ W | |
height | 0-23 m | |
surface | 27.51 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,114 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 77 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 17450 | |
INSEE code | 17353 | |
Website | saint-laurent.over-blog.fr | |
Town hall of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée |
Saint-Laurent-de-la- Prée is a French commune with 2,114 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Fouras belongs to the Arrondissement of Rochefort and the Canton of Châtelaillon-Plage (until 2015: Canton of Rochefort-Nord ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Laurentais .
geography
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée is close to the Atlantic Ocean (about 1.5 kilometers to the west). In the south of the municipality, the Charente River flows into which the motto flows. Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Yves in the north, Breuil-Magné in the east, Vergeroux in the east and south-east, Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente in the south, Port-des-Barques in the south-west (on the other side of the Charente estuary) and Fouras to the west.
The national route 137 runs through the municipality .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
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Residents | 836 | 857 | 848 | 1,075 | 1256 | 1347 | 1646 | 2083 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée
- Dolmen ( Pierres Closes von Charas ), Monument historique since 1889
- Saint Laurent Church
- Former dairy
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 657-658.