Villeneuve-la-Comtesse
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | |
| Canton | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | |
| Community association | Vals de Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 6 ′ N , 0 ° 30 ′ W | |
| height | 43-92 m | |
| surface | 15.9 km 2 | |
| Residents | 741 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 47 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17330 | |
| INSEE code | 17474 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Villeneuve-la-Comtesse |
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Villeneuve-la-Comtesse is a French municipality with 741 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély and is part of the canton of Saint-Jean-d'Angély (until 2015: canton of Loulay ). The inhabitants are called Villeneuvois .
geography
Villeneuve-la-Comtesse is located about 50 kilometers east-southeast of La Rochelle in the Saintonge am Mignon . Villeneuve-la-Comtesse is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Plaine-d'Argenson in the north and north-east, Saint-Séverin-sur-Boutonne in the east, Coivert in the south and south-east, La Croix-Comtesse and Lusté in the south, Migré in the west and south-west and Dœuil-sur-le-Mignon in the north-west.
history
On January 1, 1973, the previously independent community Villenouvelle was attached to the community.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 763 | 801 | 858 | 826 | 768 | 719 | 690 | 762 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Villeneuve-la-Comtesse
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church in Villeneuve-la-Comtesse, monument historique since 1959
- Villenouvelle Church
- Castle from the 14th century, monument historique since 1949
Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church
Villenouvelle Church
Castle
Personalities
- Charles-Eutrope de La Laurencie (1740-1816), Bishop of Nantes (1783-1816)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 358-359.
