Souvigné (Charente)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | Confolens | |
| Canton | Charente North | |
| Community association | Val de Charente | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 58 ′ N , 0 ° 4 ′ E | |
| height | 80-128 m | |
| surface | 10.37 km 2 | |
| Residents | 208 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 20 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 16240 | |
| INSEE code | 16373 | |
Souvigné is a French municipality with 208 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the Arrondissement of Confolens and the canton of Charente-Nord (until 2015 Villefagnan ). The inhabitants are called souvinois .
geography
Souvigné is about 39 kilometers north-north-west of Angoulême and is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Brettes in the north and north-west, Villefagnan in the north and north-east, Courcôme in the east and north-east, Bessé in the east and south-east, Tusson in the south, Ébréon in the south and south-west and Saint- Fraigne to the west and southwest.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1856 | 1901 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 520 | 630 | 452 | 300 | 307 | 268 | 235 | 227 | 233 | 244 | 225 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Martin church, former priory, from the 12th century
Web links
Commons : Souvigné - collection of images, videos and audio files
