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Marans
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Marans is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department within the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. It serves as the capital of the canton of Marans and is situated in the Arrondissement of La Rochelle. The municipality borders the communes of Andilly, Charron, Longèves, and Nuaillé-d'Aunis. Its postal code is 17230, and it lies at an elevation of 13 meters above sea level.
The area of Marans is 82.49 square kilometers. Population figures vary slightly between sources, with one listing 4,654 residents and another citing 4,663. The demographic breakdown includes 2,136 males and 2,361 females. Marans maintains twinning relationships with Boffa and Barrow upon Soar.
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Place details
- Locality
- Marans
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 4,663
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Department
- Charente-Maritime
- Arrondissement
- La Rochelle
- Canton
- Marans
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Jean-Marie Bodin
- Area
- 82.49 km (31.85 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 4,476
- Density
- 54.26/km (140.5/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 17218 /17230
- Elevation
- 0–13 m (0–43 ft) , (avg. 6 m or 20 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Marans
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Arrondissement of La Rochelle
- Population
- 4476
- Area
- 82.49
- Elevation
- 3
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Charron
- Official website
- www.ville-marans.fr
- Image
- Mini-croisière sur la Sèvre niortaise à Marans.JPG
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- Commons category
- Marans (Charente-Maritime)
- postal code
- 17230
- associated electoral district
- canton of Marans
- male population
- 2136
- female population
- 2361
- P8168
- Johanna Spyri
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-46-01-10-29
- fax number
- +33-5-46-01-01-72
- twinned administrative body
- Barrow upon Soar
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Encyclopedic overview
Marans ( French pronunciation: [maʁɑ̃] ) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Poitou-Charentes), southwestern France.
It is connected to La Rochelle by the Canal de Marans à La Rochelle. The inhabitants of Marans are known as marandais.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marans” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.