Marsilly, Charente-Maritime

Marsilly

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Marsilly

Coordinates: 46°13′53″N 1°08′12″W / 46.2314°N 1.1367°WCoordinates: 46°13′53″N 1°08′12″W / 46.2314°N 1.1367°W
Country France
Region Poitou-Charentes
Department Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement La Rochelle
Canton La Rochelle-5
Intercommunality La Rochelle
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Aimé Gloux
Area1 11.91 km2 (4.60 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 2,504
  Density 210/km2 (540/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 17222 / 17137
Elevation 0–31 m (0–102 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.

Marsilly is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1946796    
1954890+11.8%
1962914+2.7%
19681,005+10.0%
19751,467+46.0%
19821,759+19.9%
19901,926+9.5%
19992,203+14.4%
20082,504+13.7%

Personalities

Between 1932 and 1936, the well-known writer Georges Simenon and his wife Régine lived at La Richardière, a 16th-century manor house in Marsilly. The house is evoked in Simenon's novel Le Testament Donadieu

See also

References

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