Souvigné (Charente)

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Souvigné
Coat of arms of Souvigné
Souvigné (France)
Souvigné
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente
Arrondissement Confolens
Canton Charente North
Community association Val de Charente
Coordinates 45 ° 58 ′  N , 0 ° 4 ′  E 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

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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
Residents 520 630 452 300 307 268 235 227 233 244 225
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Martin church, former priory, from the 12th century
Saint Martin Church

Web links

Commons : Souvigné  - collection of images, videos and audio files