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Bourg-Charente
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Bourg-Charente () is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
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Bourg-Charente is a commune in the Charente department of France, situated within the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It lies in the arrondissement of Cognac and the canton of Segonzac, with an associated electoral district in the canton of Jarnac. The town is named after the Charente river, which runs nearby. Its postal code is 16200, and it shares borders with Gensac-la-Pallue, Jarnac, Julienne, and Mainxe.
The area covers 12.02 square kilometers at an elevation of 55 meters above sea level. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 907 residents (433 male and 471 female) and another citing 776. The local townhall is located in the town.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bourg-Charente
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 776
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Bourg-Charente
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- BourgChte2.05.JPG
- French commune.caption
- Town hall
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Bourg-Charente 16.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Cognac
- French commune.canton
- Jarnac
- French commune.INSEE
- 16056
- French commune.postal code
- 16200
- French commune.mayor
- Jérôme Sourisseau
- French commune.term
- 2021–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Grand Cognac
- French commune.elevation m
- 12
- French commune.elevation min m
- 6
- French commune.elevation max m
- 55
- French commune.area km2
- 12.02
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Named after
- Charente
- Official name
- Bourg-Charente
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Cognac
- Population
- 887
- Area
- 12.02
- Elevation
- 27
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Charente
- Shares border with
- Mainxe-Gondeville
- Official website
- bourg-charente.fr
- Image
- Bourg-ch castle1.JPG
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- Commons category
- Bourg-Charente
- postal code
- 16200
- associated electoral district
- canton of Jarnac
- male population
- 433
- female population
- 471
- P8168
- Bongabong
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-45-81-30-25
- fax number
- +33-5-45-81-64-20
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Population
- See also
- References
Bourg-Charente () is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
==Population==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bourg-Charente” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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