Saint-Sigismond-de-Clermont
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac | |
| Canton | Jonzac | |
| Community association | Haute-Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 27 ′ N , 0 ° 32 ′ W | |
| height | 24-52 m | |
| surface | 5.28 km 2 | |
| Residents | 159 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 30 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17240 | |
| INSEE code | 17402 | |
Saint-Sigismond-de-Clermont is a French municipality with 159 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Jonzac and the canton of Jonzac (until 2015: canton of Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge ). The inhabitants are called Sigismonais .
geography
Saint-Sigismond-de-Clermont is about 85 kilometers north of Bordeaux . Saint-Sigismond-de-Clermont is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Plassac in the north and west, Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge in the north, Clion in the northeast, Guitinières in the east, Nieul-le-Virouil in the south and south-east and Consac in the south-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 141 | 137 | 122 | 114 | 107 | 138 | 155 | 168 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Sigismond-de-Clermont
- Saint-Simon church
- Cistercian monastery and La Tenaille Castle, founded as a monastery around 1150, largely destroyed in 1793, monument historique since 1958
La Tenaille Castle
Tenaille Chapel
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 841-842.
