Vénérand

Vénérand
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saintes
Canton	Chaniers
Community association	Saintes
Coordinates	45 ° 48 ′  N , 0 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 48 ′  N , 0 ° 34 ′  W
height	49-91 m
surface	9.65 km 2
Residents	761 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	79 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	17100
INSEE code	17462
Vénérand Town Hall

Vénérand is a western French community with 761 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Vénérand belongs to the Arrondissement Saintes and the Canton of Chaniers (until 2015: Canton Saintes-Nord ). The inhabitants are called Vénérandais .

geography

Vénérand is about ten kilometers northeast of Saintes in the Saintonge . Vénérand is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Le Douhet in the north and west, Écoyeux in the north and east, Saint-Césaire in the southeast, La Chapelle-des-Pots in the south and Fontcouverte in the southwest.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	397	377	387	528	538	598	668	761

Attractions

Sainte-Marie church

• Sainte-Marie-de-l'Assomption church
• Remains of the Roman aqueduct to Mediolanum Santonum (Saintes) with two Roman fountains
• Mill
• Wash houses

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Vénérand

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 1040-1041.

Web links

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