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Fontcouverte
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Fontcouverte is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department within the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. It is situated in the arrondissement of Saintes and the canton of Saintes-Nord, with an associated electoral district in the canton of Chaniers. The municipality borders Bussac-sur-Charente, Chaniers, La Chapelle-des-Pots, and Le Douhets, and is located next to the Charente river.
The area of Fontcouverte is 11.58 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 81 meters. Its population is recorded as 2,449, comprising 1,149 males and 1,205 females. The postal code for the commune is 17100.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Fontcouverte is referenced by 466 other articles, and connects out to France, time zone and geographic coordinate system.
It is catalogued under the topic Communes of Charente-Maritime.
Its subject is documented across 37 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Fontcouverte
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,100
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Department
- Charente-Maritime
- Arrondissement
- Saintes
- Canton
- Chaniers
- Intercommunality
- CA Saintes
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Francis Grellier
- Area
- 11.58 km (4.47 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 2,330
- Density
- 201/km (521/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 17164 /17100
- Elevation
- 2–81 m (6.6–265.7 ft) , (avg. 65 m or 213 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Fontcouverte
- Country
- France
- Located in
- canton of Saintes-Nord
- Population
- 2330
- Area
- 11.58
- Elevation
- 55
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Charente
- Shares border with
- Vénérand
- Official website
- www.fontcouverte17.fr
- Image
- Fontcouv lavoir.JPG
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- Commons category
- Fontcouverte (Charente-Maritime)
- postal code
- 17100
- different from
- Fontcouverte
- associated electoral district
- canton of Chaniers
- male population
- 1149
- female population
- 1205
- P8168
- Katrin Lux
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-46-93-06-47
- fax number
- +33-5-46-92-68-86
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Encyclopedic overview
Fontcouverte ( French pronunciation: [fɔ̃kuvɛʁt] ) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.
Population
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fontcouverte” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.