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Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.
Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly | |
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Commune | |
 The town hall in Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly | |
Location of Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly  | |
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| Coordinates: 46°10′04″N 0°41′12″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rochefort |
| Canton | Surgères |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Bodet[1] |
| Area 1 | 19.81 km2 (7.65 sq mi) |
| Population | 535 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Pierritains |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 17382 /17700 |
| Elevation | 11–69 m (36–226 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
The village of Charente-Maritime is at the extreme northeast of the Département, 3 km (2 mi) from the Département of Deux-Sèvres (79) and the village of Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon, and 10 km (6 mi) from Surgères, the seat of the canton.
Places and monuments
- Church of St Paul, built in roughcast limestone in 1871, to replace two older churches that had been ruined by the wars that ravaged the region.[3]
- The commune also has a war memorial, near the Church of St Paul.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 412 | — |
| 1968 | 414 | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 336 | −18.8% |
| 1982 | 390 | +16.1% |
| 1990 | 409 | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 386 | −5.6% |
| 2008 | 440 | +14.0% |
Economy
The commune is home to the Magernaud site of the National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), specialising in the improvement of aviculture (bird farming), heliciculture (snail farming) and apiculture (beekeeping). This site also houses an outpost of GEVES, the Groupe d'étude et de contrôle des variétés et des semences ("Group for the study and control of varieties and seeds"), a seedbank and plant selection institution which works on the homologation of new vegetable varieties.[4] It collaborates also with French: ARVALIS - Institut du végétal ("ARVALIS - Institute of Vegetation").
See also
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime [The legacy of the communes of Charente-Maritime] (in French). Vol. II. FLOHIC Éditions. p. 1091.
- GEVES (in French)
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На других языках
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[es] Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly
Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly es una población y comuna francesa, situada en la región de Poitou-Charentes, departamento de Charente Marítimo, en el distrito de Rochefort y cantón de Surgères.[ru] Сен-Пьер-д’Амийи
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