Vanzac
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac | |
| Canton | Les Trois Monts | |
| Community association | Haute-Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 21 ′ N , 0 ° 18 ′ W | |
| height | 53-101 m | |
| surface | 6.39 km 2 | |
| Residents | 148 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 23 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17500 | |
| INSEE code | 17458 | |
 Vanzac Town Hall |
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Vanzac is a southwestern French community with 148 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement Jonzac and the canton Les Trois Monts (until 2015 Montendre ). The inhabitants are called Vanzacais .
location
Vanzac is located in the south of the Saintonge about 70 kilometers north-northeast of Bordeaux . Vanzac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Léoville in the north and north-west, Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde in the north and east, Bran in the east, Chantillac in the south-east and Messac in the south and west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 249 | 228 | 191 | 193 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 148 |
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Attractions
- Sainte-Quitterie church from the 14th century
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Vanzac
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , p. 511.
Web links
Commons : Vanzac - collection of images, videos and audio files
