Xambes

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Xambes
Xambes (France)
Xambes
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente
Arrondissement Confolens
Community association Coeur de Charente
Coordinates 45 ° 50 ′  N , 0 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 50 ′  N , 0 ° 6 ′  E
height 67-131 m
surface 5.25 km 2
Residents 293 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 56 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 16330
INSEE code 16423

Mairie from Xambes

Xambes (1793 and 1801 even with the spellings Xambre and Xambe ) is a French municipality with 293 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the Arrondissement Confolens and the municipality of Cœur de Charente .

geography

Xambes is located in the Angoumois landscape , about 20 kilometers north of Angoulême and about 80 kilometers east of the Atlantic coast at an altitude between 67 and 131 m above sea level. The Charente flows three kilometers west of Xambes . The municipality covers 5.25 km².

Neighboring municipalities of Xambes are Villognon in the north, Vervant in the east, Saint-Amant-de-Boixe in the south, Vouharte in the southwest and Coulonges in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 289 300 284 297 320 320 312 293
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Church of Our Lady ( Église Notre-Dame ), built between the 11th and 13th centuries, monument historique
  • Lavoir (public wash house) and fountain
  • Notre-Dame church in Xambes

  • tower

  • Longhouse

  • apse

  • Washhouse fountain in Xambes
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Economy and Infrastructure

There are three farms in the municipality (cultivation of grain, pulses and oilseeds).

Xambes is connected to its neighboring communities by back roads. In the municipality of Villejoubert , eight kilometers away, there is a connection to the motorway-like national road 10 from Paris to Bordeaux . Charmes station, one and a half kilometers from Essegney, is on the Blainville-Damelevières-Lure railway line . The high-speed line for TGV trains LGV Sud Europe Atlantique runs on the western outskirts of Xambes, while the Paris – Bordeaux line runs through the northeast of the municipality .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ toponym on cassini.ehess.fr
  2. ↑ Xambes on cassini.ehess.fr
  3. ↑ Xambes on insee.fr
  4. ↑ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture (French)
  5. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Xambes  - collection of images