Sonnac (Charente-Maritime)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | |
| Canton | Matha | |
| Community association | Vals de Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 50 ′ N , 0 ° 16 ′ W | |
| height | 18-63 m | |
| surface | 17.12 km 2 | |
| Residents | 505 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 29 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17160 | |
| INSEE code | 17428 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Sonnac |
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Sonnac is a French municipality with 505 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the arrondissement Saint-Jean-d'Angély and is part of the canton Matha . The inhabitants are called Sonnacais .
geography
Sonnac is located about 75 kilometers east-southeast of La Rochelle in the Saintonge . Sonnac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Haimps in the north, Louzignac in the east, Brie-sous-Matha in the east and south-east, Bréville in the south and south-east, Mons in the south-west, Thors in the west and south-west and Matha in the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 705 | 673 | 671 | 558 | 536 | 540 | 529 | 505 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Etienne church from the 15th century
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Sonnac (Charente-Maritime)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 451-452.
Personalities
- Henri Coudreau (1859–1899), historian, geographer and explorer
Web links
Commons : Sonnac - collection of images, videos and audio files
