Jonzac

Jonzac
Subprefecture and commune
Chateau

Coat of arms
Jonzac
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Jonzac
Coordinates: 45°26′48″N 0°26′01″W / 45.4467°N 0.4336°W / 45.4467; -0.4336Coordinates: 45°26′48″N 0°26′01″W / 45.4467°N 0.4336°W / 45.4467; -0.4336
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement Jonzac
Canton Jonzac
Intercommunality Haute-Saintonge
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Claude Belot
Area1 13.09 km2 (5.05 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 3,552
 • Density 270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 17197 /17500
Elevation 26–87 m (85–285 ft)
(avg. 40 m or 130 ft)

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.

Jonzac (French: [ʒɔ̃.zak]) is a commune of the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. The historian Jean Glénisson (1921–2010) was born in Jonzac as well as the philosopher Jean Hippolyte (1907–1968)

Geography

The river Seugne flows northwest through the commune and crosses the town.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
17932,470—    
18002,509+1.6%
18062,488−0.8%
18212,465−0.9%
18312,618+6.2%
18362,514−4.0%
18412,524+0.4%
18462,591+2.7%
18512,718+4.9%
18562,792+2.7%
18613,005+7.6%
18663,147+4.7%
18723,260+3.6%
18763,296+1.1%
18813,210−2.6%
18863,237+0.8%
18913,431+6.0%
18963,344−2.5%
19013,366+0.7%
19063,287−2.3%
19113,210−2.3%
19212,896−9.8%
19263,041+5.0%
19313,142+3.3%
19363,250+3.4%
19463,771+16.0%
19543,575−5.2%
19624,020+12.4%
19684,022+0.0%
19754,306+7.1%
19824,494+4.4%
19903,998−11.0%
19993,814−4.6%
20083,552−6.9%

See also

References

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