Virson

Virson
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rochefort
Canton	Surgères
Community association	Aunis Sud
Coordinates	46 ° 9 ′  N , 0 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 9 ′  N , 0 ° 54 ′  W
height	6–36 m
surface	9.9 km 2
Residents	760 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	77 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	17290
INSEE code	17480
Mairie Virson

Virson is a municipality in the French department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the canton of Surgères (until 2015 canton of Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis ) in the Arrondissement of Rochefort . It borders in the northwest with Saint-Christophe and Anais , in the north with Bouhet , in the east with Puyravault , in the southeast with Chambon , in the south with Forges and in the west with Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	274	292	285	363	387	435	635	746

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Virson

• Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church
• Château des Granges castle

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  Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church

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  Château des Granges

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 60-61.

Web links

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