Sainte-Blandine (Deux-Sèvres)
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| local community | Aigondigné | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres | |
| Arrondissement | Niort | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 15 ′ N , 0 ° 16 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 79370 | |
| Former INSEE code | 79240 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Sainte-Blandine |
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Sainte-Blandine is a commune Déléguée in the French community Aigondigné with 757 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Deux-Sèvres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
The commune of Sainte-Blandine merged with Mougon-Thorigné and Aigonnay to form the Commune nouvelle Aigondigné on January 1, 2019 . Since then it has had the status of a Commune déléguée. The commune of Sainte-Blandine belonged to the Arrondissement of Niort and the canton of Celles-sur-Belle .
Geography and neighboring communities
Sainte-Blandine is about 16 kilometers east-southeast of Niort . The municipality of Sainte-Blandine was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Mougon-Thorigné in the north and north-west, Celles-sur-Belle in the east, Saint-Médard in the south, Brûlain in the south and south-east and Prahecq in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 585 | 520 | 493 | 475 | 492 | 540 | 608 | 709 |
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Attractions
- Sainte-Blandine church of the former priory of the canons of Saint-Augustin
