Villegats (Charente)
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| local community | Courcôme | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | Confolens | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 0 ′ N , 0 ° 12 ′ E | |
| Post Code | 16700 | |
| Former INSEE code | 16410 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Former Town Hall (Mairie) of Villegats |
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Villegats is a village and a former French commune of 216 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ). It belonged to the Arrondissement Confolens and the canton of Charente-Nord (until 2015 Ruffec ). The inhabitants are called Villegatois .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Courcôme , Villegats and Tuzie were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Courcôme of the same name and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Courcôme.
geography
Villegats is about 37 kilometers north of Angoulême . Villegats is surrounded by the neighboring villages of La Faye in the north and north-west, Ruffec in the north and north-east, Barro in the east and north-east, Verteuil-sur-Charente in the east and south-east, Salles-de-Villefagnan in the south, Tuzie in the south-west and Courcôme in the west .
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1856 | 1901 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 453 | 433 | 324 | 262 | 234 | 209 | 258 | 245 | 263 | 246 | 222 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Benoît church from the 12th century
- Johanniterkommende (previously commander of the Knights Templar from 1194)
Saint-Benoît church
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