Champagnac, Charente-Maritime

Champagnac
Champagnac
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Champagnac
Administration
Country	France
Region	Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Jonzac
Canton	Jonzac
Mayor	Gérard Blin (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	31–92 m (102–302 ft)
Land area1	12.89 km2 (4.98 sq mi)
Population2	531  (2008)
- Density	41 /km2 (110 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17082/ 17500
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.

Coordinates: 45°25′31″N 0°22′53″W / 45.425277°N 0.381388°W / 45.425277; -0.381388

Champagnac is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Poitou-Charentes region in southwestern France.

Geography

The Seugne forms most of the commune's south-western border.

Population

Historical population of Champagnac, Charente-Maritime

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
359	404	401	431	427	463	531

Personalities

• Régis Messac, author, (Champagnac, 2 August 1893 - near Gross-Rosen or Dora, around 1945) was born in the Champagnac schoolhouse where his maternal grandparents, Jean Gabillaud and his wife Justine taught.

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE