Saint-Pierre-du-Palais
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac | |
| Canton | Les Trois Monts | |
| Community association | Haute-Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 10 ′ N , 0 ° 9 ′ W | |
| height | 19-106 m | |
| surface | 12.93 km 2 | |
| Residents | 366 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 28 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17270 | |
| INSEE code | 17386 | |
 Town hall of Saint-Pierre-du-Palais |
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Saint-Pierre-du-Palais is a southwestern French community with 366 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement Jonzac and the canton Les Trois Monts (until 2015 Montguyon ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Pierrelais .
location
Saint-Pierre-du-Palais is located in the south of the Saintonge about 50 kilometers northeast of Bordeaux . Saint-Pierre-du-Palais is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Montguyon in the north and north-west, Le Fouilloux in the north and north-east, Saint-Martin-de-Coux in the east, La Clotte in the south, Cercoux in the west and south-west and Clérac in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 |
| Residents | 347 | 340 | 293 | 286 | 260 | 262 | 293 | 366 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church from the 12th century, monument historique since 1949
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Pierre-du-Palais
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , p. 529.
