Sommières-du-Clain
| Sommières-du-Clain | |
|---|---|
| Commune | |
 The church in Sommières-du-Clain | |
  Sommières-du-Clain Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Sommières-du-Clain | |
| Coordinates: 46°16′50″N 0°21′36″E / 46.2806°N 0.36°ECoordinates: 46°16′50″N 0°21′36″E / 46.2806°N 0.36°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Vienne |
| Arrondissement | Montmorillon |
| Canton | Civray |
| Intercommunality | Pays Gencéen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014 -) | Marie-Annick BERTHOME |
| Area1 | 26.21 km2 (10.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2014)2 | 825 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (82/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 86264 /86160 |
| Elevation |
107–152 m (351–499 ft) (avg. 115 m or 377 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. | |
Sommières-du-Clain is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
Toponymy
The name of the village is Celtic in origin. Originally it was composed of the words "Soli", the name of a chief, and "maros" which means "big". The name was recorded as "Solmeria" in 1096.[1]
See also
References
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sommières-du-Clain. |
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.