Curçay-sur-Dive

Curçay-sur-Dive
The medieval pont Reine Blanche
Curçay-sur-Dive
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Curçay-sur-Dive
Administration
Country	France
Region	Poitou-Charentes
Department	Vienne
Arrondissement	Châtellerault
Canton	Les Trois-Moutiers
Intercommunality	Pays Loudunais
Mayor	Bruno Lefebvre (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	39–122 m (128–400 ft) (avg. 197 m/646 ft)
Land area1	15.79 km2 (6.10 sq mi)
Population2	244  (2006)
- Density	15 /km2 (39 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	86090/ 86120
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: 47°00′45″N 0°03′20″W / 47.0125°N 0.0556°W / 47.0125; -0.0556

Curçay-sur-Dive is a commune in the Vienne department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France.

History

Curçay grew up where the Dive could be forded; the ford was replaced at an early time by the Gallo-Roman bridge that in medieval times came to be ascribed to the intervention of Queen Blanche.

Demographics

Historical population of Curçay-sur-Dive

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
227	287	216	245	257	217	244

See also

• Communes of the Vienne department

References

• INSEE