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Location within Poitou-Charentes region
Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly
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| Country | France |
| Region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rochefort |
| Canton | Surgères |
| Intercommunality | Surgères |
| Mayor | Nadette Durand (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 11–69 m (36–226 ft) (avg. 25 m/82 ft) |
| Land area1 | 19.81 km2 (7.65 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 440 (2008) |
| - Density | 22 /km2 (57 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 17382/ 17700 |
| 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-Pierre-d'Amilly is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.
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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.
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 412 | 414 | 336 | 390 | 409 | 386 | 440 |
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.[2] It collaborates also with French: 'ARVALIS - Institut du végétal' ("ARVALIS - Institute of Vegetation").