Saint-Génard

Saint-Génard
Commune
The church in Saint-Génard
Saint-Génard
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Saint-Génard
Coordinates: 46°10′58″N 0°08′01″W / 46.1828°N 0.1336°W / 46.1828; -0.1336Coordinates: 46°10′58″N 0°08′01″W / 46.1828°N 0.1336°W / 46.1828; -0.1336
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement Niort
Canton Melle
Intercommunality Canton of Melle
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Pierre Morin
Area1 11.07 km2 (4.27 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 331
  Density 30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 79251 /79500
Elevation 84–138 m (276–453 ft)
(avg. 120 m or 390 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.

Saint-Génard is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. The 20th-century French archaeologist Pierre de La Coste-Messelière (1894–1975) was born in Saint-Génard.

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