Villejésus
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| local community | Aigre | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | Confolens | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 54 ' N , 0 ° 2' E | |
| Post Code | 16140 | |
| Former INSEE code | 16411 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Villejésus |
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Villejésus is a village and a former French commune with 502 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Confolens and the canton of Charente-Nord . The inhabitants are called Villesalénois .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Aigre and Villejésus were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Aigre of the same name and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Aigre.
geography
Villejésus is located about 28 kilometers north-northwest of Angoulême and is surrounded by the neighboring towns of Ébréon in the north, Tusson in the north and northeast, Fouqueure in the east and southeast, Marcillar-Lanville in the south, Aigre in the south and southwest, Oradour in the west and Saint-Fraigne in the Northwest.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1856 | 1901 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 1.012 | 1,160 | 769 | 542 | 531 | 511 | 491 | 550 | 544 | 550 | 536 |
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Attractions
- Tumuli Pierre Rousse
- Notre-Dame church from the 12th century
