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Jonzac

Coordinates: 45°26′48″N 0°26′01″W / 45.4467°N 0.4336°W / 45.4467; -0.4336
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Jonzac
Chateau
Chateau
Coat of arms of Jonzac
Location of Jonzac
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Jonzac is located in France
Jonzac
Jonzac
Jonzac is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Jonzac
Jonzac
Coordinates: 45°26′48″N 0°26′01″W / 45.4467°N 0.4336°W / 45.4467; -0.4336
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente-Maritime
ArrondissementJonzac
CantonJonzac
IntercommunalityHaute-Saintonge
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Christophe Cabri[1]
Area
1
13.09 km2 (5.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
3,550
 • Density270/km2 (700/sq mi)
DemonymJonzacais·e
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
17197 /17500
Elevation26–87 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

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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

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,470—    
1800 2,509+0.22%
1806 2,488−0.14%
1821 2,465−0.06%
1831 2,618+0.60%
1836 2,514−0.81%
1841 2,524+0.08%
1846 2,591+0.53%
1851 2,718+0.96%
1856 2,792+0.54%
1861 3,005+1.48%
1866 3,147+0.93%
1872 3,260+0.59%
1876 3,296+0.27%
1881 3,210−0.53%
1886 3,237+0.17%
1891 3,431+1.17%
1896 3,344−0.51%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 3,366+0.13%
1906 3,287−0.47%
1911 3,210−0.47%
1921 2,896−1.02%
1926 3,041+0.98%
1931 3,142+0.66%
1936 3,250+0.68%
1946 3,771+1.50%
1954 3,575−0.66%
1962 4,020+1.48%
1968 4,022+0.01%
1975 4,306+0.98%
1982 4,494+0.61%
1990 3,998−1.45%
1999 3,817−0.51%
2007 3,511−1.04%
2012 3,502−0.05%
2017 3,432−0.40%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Jonzac, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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