Jonzac
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Commune of Jonzac | |
Location | |
Longitude | 00°26'01" W |
Latitude | 45°26'48" N |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Poitou-Charentes |
Department | Charente-Maritime (sous-préfecture) |
Arrondissement | Jonzac |
Canton | Jonzac (chief town) |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la Haute-Saintonge |
Mayor | Jean-Claude Texier (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Altitude | 26–87 (avg. 40) |
Land area¹ | 13.09 km² |
Population² (1999) |
3,817 |
- Density (1999) | 292/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 17197/ 17500 |
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
For the Jonzac meteorite of 1819, see meteorite falls.
Jonzac is a commune of the Charente-Maritime département, in France.