Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly

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Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly
Commune
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The town hall in Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly
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Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly
Coordinates: 46°10′04″N0°41′12″W / 46.1678°N 0.6867°W / 46.1678; -0.6867
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement Rochefort
Canton Surgères
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Philippe Bodet [1]
Area
1
19.81 km2 (7.65 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020) [2]
550
 • Density28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Demonym Pierritains
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
17382 /17700
Elevation11–69 m (36–226 ft)
(avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

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Geography

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.

Places and monuments

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962412—    
1968414+0.5%
1975336−18.8%
1982390+16.1%
1990409+4.9%
1999386−5.6%
2008440+14.0%

Economy

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. [4] It collaborates also with French: ARVALIS - Institut du végétal ("ARVALIS - Institute of Vegetation").

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References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime[The legacy of the communes of Charente-Maritime] (in French). Vol. II. FLOHIC Éditions. p. 1091.
  4. ↑ GEVES (in French)


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