Vervant (Charente-Maritime)

Vervant
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Canton	Matha
Community association	Vals de Saintonge
Coordinates	45 ° 58 ′  N , 0 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 58 ′  N , 0 ° 27 ′  W
height	18-59 m
surface	5.62 km 2
Residents	238 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	42 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	17400
INSEE code	17467
City Hall (Mairie) of Vervant

Vervant is a French municipality with 238 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 Matha (until 2015: canton Saint-Jean-d'Angély ). The inhabitants are called Vervantais .

geography

Vervant is located about 72 kilometers east-southeast of La Rochelle in the Saintonge . Vervant is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Les Églises-d'Argenteuil in the north and east, Poursay-Garnaud in the south, Courcelles in the south-west and Antezant-la-Chapelle in the west and north-west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	157	185	153	201	175	194	203	236
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Vervant (Charente-Maritime)

• 19th century church of Sainte-Catherine
• Vervant Castle from the 16th century, largely rebuilt in the 18th century, Monument historique

Vervant Castle

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 900-901.

Web links

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