Samonac
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Blaye | |
| Canton | L'Estuaire | |
| Community association | Blaye | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 4 ′ N , 0 ° 34 ′ W | |
| height | 17-88 m | |
| surface | 3.9 km 2 | |
| Residents | 426 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 109 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33710 | |
| INSEE code | 33500 | |
Samonac is a town in southwestern France and a municipality with 426 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gironde department in the north of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Blaye and the canton L'Estuaire (until 2015: canton Bourg ). The inhabitants are called Samonacais .
location
Samonac is located in the historical province of Angoumois in the cultural landscape of the Charente and at the same time in the vineyards of the Côtes de Bourg wine-growing region . Samonac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Trojan in the north, Mombrier in the east and northeast, Lansac in the east and southeast, Bourg in the south and southeast, Saint-Seurin-de-Bourg in the south, Bayon-sur-Gironde in the southwest, Comps in the West and Saint-Ciers-de-Canesse to the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 336 | 350 | 349 | 367 | 388 | 377 | 397 | 426 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Martin church, Monument historique since 1925, with sculpture Madonna and Child (Monument historique) and holy water font (Monument historique)
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Samonac
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 367-369.
