Corme-Écluse
| Corme-Écluse | |
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  Corme-Écluse | |
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Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Corme-Écluse | |
| Coordinates: 45°37′55″N 0°51′12″W / 45.6319°N 0.8533°WCoordinates: 45°37′55″N 0°51′12″W / 45.6319°N 0.8533°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Saintes |
| Canton | Saujon |
| Intercommunality | Seudre-et-Arnoult |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Michel Marin |
| Area1 | 17.49 km2 (6.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 1,006 |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 17119 / 17600 |
| Elevation | 5–33 m (16–108 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Corme-Écluse is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.
The village is noteworthy for its Romanesque church of the eleventh century, with a single nave and transepts with ogival vaulting. The massive crossing tower is supported on a vaulted cupola on pendentives. The richly sculptural west front, with a porch of three bays and an arcade above, was restored about 1860.[1]
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 602 | — |
| 1968 | 627 | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 598 | −4.6% |
| 1982 | 651 | +8.9% |
| 1990 | 686 | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 758 | +10.5% |
| 2008 | 1,006 | +32.7% |
See also
References
- ↑ Charles Dangibeaud, L'arrondissement de Saintes (1905) s.v. "Corme-Écluse", p. 16.
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