Martaizé

Martaizé
Martaizé
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Martaizé
Administration
Country	France
Region	Poitou-Charentes
Department	Vienne
Arrondissement	Châtellerault
Canton	Moncontour
Intercommunality	Pays Loudunais
Mayor	Jean Bodin (2001–)
Statistics
Elevation	53–84 m (174–276 ft) (avg. 55 m/180 ft)
Land area1	19.48 km2 (7.52 sq mi)
Population2	379  (2006)
- Density	19 /km2 (49 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	86149/ 86330
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: 46°55′03″N 0°03′43″E / 46.9175°N 0.0619°E / 46.9175; 0.0619

Martaizé is a commune in the Vienne department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France. It is a small village about 7 miles from Loudon. In the early 17th century, Martaizé, along with the nearby village of La Chaussée, was one of the seigneuries of Charles de Menou d'Aulnay. Several of the earliest settlers of Acadia including the Bourgs, the Terriots, and the Savoies are believed to have been recruited by d'Aulnay from their original home in Martaizé to colonize New France. ^[1]

Demographics

Historical population of Martaizé

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
432	519	428	406	433	389	379

See also

• Communes of the Vienne department

References

• INSEE

1. ^ Faragher, John Mack (2005). A great and noble scheme: the tragic story of the expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland. W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 44. ISBN 0393051358.