Voulon
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Montmorillon | |
| Canton | Lusignan | |
| Community association | Civraisien en Poitou | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 21 ′ N , 0 ° 15 ′ E | |
| height | 92-145 m | |
| surface | 8.31 km 2 | |
| Residents | 467 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 56 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 86700 | |
| INSEE code | 86296 | |
| Website | http://www.voulon.fr/ | |
Voulon is a French village with 467 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Arrondissement Montmorillon , in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ); it is part of the canton of Lusignan (until 2015: canton of Couhé ). The inhabitants are called Voulonnais .
geography
Voulon is located about 26 kilometers south-southwest of Poitiers on the Dive and its tributary Bouleure . The dive flows into the Clain a few hundred meters further on . Voulon is surrounded by the neighboring communities Vivonne in the north, Anché in the south and east and Payré in the south and west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 286 | 263 | 252 | 248 | 232 | 304 | 337 | 436 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- 19th century church
- Saint-Macoux chapel
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vienne. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-128-7 , p. 245.
Web links
Commons : Voulon - collection of images, videos and audio files
