Sainte-Soulle

French commune
nomcommune=Sainte-Soulle
région=Poitou-Charentes
département=Charente-Maritime
arrondissement=Rochelle
canton=La Jarrie
insee=17407
cp=17220
maire=
mandat=
intercomm=
longitude=-1.010555
latitude=46.186994
alt moy=32 m
alt mini=3
alt maxi=42 m
hectares=2183
km²=21.82
sans=2652
date-sans=1999
dens=121
date-dens=1999

Sainte-Soulle is a commune in the canton of La Jarrie in the Charente-Maritimedepartment in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France. It is one of the few communes in France that the commune shares the population with the seat of the canton and it is La Jarrie

Geography

The geography of the commune is situated about 12 km east of La Rochelle and forms a part of the metropolitan area of La Rochelle.

It is accessed by the N11 and has an entrance by the Usseau roundabout. The Usseau roundabout is part of the route connecting Nantes (N137). The future superhighway, the A831) (Fontenay-le-Comte—Rochefort) which will pass near the commune.

By the village, the commune compromises these localities including Les Grandes-Rivières (French for the large rivers), Les Petites-Rivières (French for the small rivers), Saint-Coux, une partie de Fontpatour, le Treuil-Arnaudeau, Usseau, La Gabardelière, Chavagne and Le Raguenaud.

Formerly an agricultural commune, it became urbanized in the 1990s and its residents now employed in nearby La Rochelle.

History

The name of the commune comes from Saint Soline (see also the commune of Sainte-Soline in the Deux-Sèvres "départment").

Historical population

ee also

*Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."

External links

* [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=17407 Sainte-Soulle on the l'Institut Géographique National site]
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=17407&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Sainte-Soulle in the INSEE site]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Sainte-Soulle Sainte-Soulle on the Quid site]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=17407 Location of Sainte-Soulle in the map of France]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street
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**Satellite
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