- Saint-Germain-du-Seudre
French commune
nomcommune=Saint-Germain-du-Seudre
région=Poitou-Charentes
département=Charente-Maritime
arrondissement=Jonzac
canton=Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge
insee=17342|cp=17240
maire=Josette Rapot
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Haute-Saintonge
longitude=-0.667222222222
latitude=45.5119444444
alt moy=30 m
alt mini=22
alt maxi=54 m
hectares=1609
km²=16.09
sans=330
date-sans=1999
dens=21
date-dens=1999Saint-Germain-du-Seudre is a small historic town on the
Gironde estuary . It is a commune in theCharente-Maritime department in westernFrance .Although it belongs administratively to the "canton" of Saint Genis de Saintonge, the nearest market town is
Gémozac and is noted for its numerousvineyards ,sunflower fields and the former wheat mill located in 'Moulin De La Barre'. Eutrope Dupon (1823-1897), born in Saint-Germain-du-Seudre, was a deputy in the Frnech National Assembly from 1893 to 1897. There is a bust of him in St-Germain. [ [http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche.asp?num_dept=4605 Assemblee Nationale] ]ee also
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Communes of the Charente-Maritime department References
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