Tonnay Boutonne

Tonnay Boutonne
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Canton	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Community association	Vals de Saintonge
Coordinates	45 ° 58 ′  N , 0 ° 42 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 58 ′  N , 0 ° 42 ′  W
height	2–46 m
surface	22.73 km 2
Residents	1,151 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	51 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	17380
INSEE code	17448
Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville )

Tonnay-Boutonne is a French commune with 1,151 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 Saint-Jean-d'Angély (until 2015: canton Tonnay-Boutonne ). The inhabitants are called boutonnais .

geography

Tonnay-Boutonne is located about 25 kilometers north-north-west of Saintes on the river Boutonne in the Saintonge . Tonnay-Boutonne is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Crépin in the north and northwest, Annezay in the north, Saint-Loup in the north and northeast, Chantemerle-sur-la-Soie and Torxé in the east, Les Nouillers in the southeast, Archingeay in the south, and Puy -du-Lac to the south and south-west, Saint-Coutant-le-Grand to the west and south-west and Moragne to the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	1,051	1,036	1,072	1,053	1,088	1,126	1,137	1,161
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Tonnay-Boutonne

• Saint Martin Church
• Saint-Pierre gate of the former 14th century fortification
• Houmeau lock

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  Saint Martin Church

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  Saint-Pierre gate

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 1110-1115.

Web links

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