Jonzac
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (December 2008) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Jonzac | |
---|---|
Subprefecture and commune | |
Coordinates: 45°26′48″N 0°26′01″W / 45.4467°N 0.4336°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Charente-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Jonzac |
Canton | Jonzac |
Intercommunality | Haute-Saintonge |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Christophe Cabri[1] |
Area 1 | 13.09 km2 (5.05 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 3,550 |
• Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) |
Demonym | Jonzacais·e |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 17197 /17500 |
Elevation | 26–87 m (85–285 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Jonzac (French pronunciation: [ʒɔ̃zak] ⓘ; Poitevin-Saintongese: Jhonzat) is a commune of the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. The historian Jean Glénisson (1921–2010) was born in Jonzac as well as the philosopher Jean Hyppolite (1907–1968)
Geography
The river Seugne flows northwest through the commune and crosses the town. The station of Jonzac has a direct connection the station Gare de Bordeaux-Saint-Jean.
Jonzac is located in the south of Charente-Maritime, with the department's capital La Rochelle 105 km to the northwest. The capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, Bordeaux, is 90 km to the southwest. 55 km to its east is Angoulême, capital of the neighbouring Charente department.
Population
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4] |
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Jonzac, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
- Media related to Jonzac at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Pages using the Phonos extension
- CS1 French-language sources (fr)
- Articles with French-language sources (fr)
- Use dmy dates from August 2023
- Geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Coordinates on Wikidata
- Pages using infobox settlement with image map1 but not image map
- Pages with French IPA
- Pages including recorded pronunciations
- Articles containing French-language text
- Articles needing additional references from February 2024
- All articles needing additional references
- Commons category link is on Wikidata
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with BNF identifiers
- Articles with BNFdata identifiers
- Articles with GND identifiers
- Articles with J9U identifiers
- Articles with LCCN identifiers
- Articles with MusicBrainz area identifiers
- Communes of Charente-Maritime
- Spa towns in France
- Subprefectures in France
- Charente-Maritime communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
- County of Saintonge
- All stub articles
- Charente-Maritime geography stubs
- Pages using the Kartographer extension