Sillars
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Montmorillon | |
| Canton | Lussac-les-Châteaux | |
| Community association | Vienne et Gartempe | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 25 ' N , 0 ° 46' E | |
| height | 93-154 m | |
| surface | 60.79 km 2 | |
| Residents | 611 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 10 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 86320 | |
| INSEE code | 86262 | |
Sillars is a western French city and a municipality with 611 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Montmorillon and the canton of Lussac-les-Châteaux . The inhabitants are called Sillarois .
location
Sillars is about 37 kilometers southeast of Poitiers . Sillars is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Chapelle-Viviers in the north and northwest, Pindray in the north and northeast, Montmorillon in the east, Saulgé in the south and east, Persac in the southwest and Lussac-les-Châteaux in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 793 | 716 | 656 | 657 | 610 | 594 | 593 | 630 |
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Attractions
- Dolmen, monument historique since 1984
- Saint-Félix church from the 12th century with additions from the 19th century
- Cherchillé chapel from the 19th century
Personalities
- Paul de Ladmirault (1808–1898), General
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vienne. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-128-7 , pp. 524-525.
Web links
Commons : Sillars - collection of images, videos and audio files
