Tourriers
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | Confolens | |
| Canton | Boixe-et-Manslois | |
| Community association | Coeur de Charente | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 45 ′ N , 0 ° 5 ′ E | |
| height | 35-143 m | |
| surface | 13.34 km 2 | |
| Residents | 758 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 57 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 16560 | |
| INSEE code | 16383 | |
| Website | www.tourriers.fr | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) of Tourriers |
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Tourriers is a French municipality with 758 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the Arrondissement Confolens ( Angoulême until 2017 ) and the canton Boixe-et-Manslois ( Saint-Amant-de-Boixe until 2015 ). The inhabitants are called tourrierois .
geography
Tourriers is about sixteen kilometers north of Angoulême . Tourriers is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Aussac-Vadalle in the north and northeast, Jauldes in the east, Anais in the east and southeast, Vars in the south and southwest, Saint-Amant-de-Boixe in the west and Villejoubert in the west and northwest.
The Route nationale 10 runs through the municipality .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| 409 | 467 | 543 | 584 | 579 | 587 | 697 | 762 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Hilaire church from the 17th century
Personalities
- Julien Maitron (1881–1972), racing cyclist, died here
Web links
Commons : Tourriers - collection of images, videos and audio files
