Arthenac
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Arthenac
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| Coordinates: 45°30′57″N 0°18′48″W / 45.5158°N 0.3133°WCoordinates: 45°30′57″N 0°18′48″W / 45.5158°N 0.3133°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac |
| Canton | Jonzac |
| Intercommunality | Haute-Saintonge |
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| • Mayor (2001–2020) | Chantal Guimberteau |
| Area1 | 12.66 km2 (4.89 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)2 | 328 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (67/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 17020 /17520 |
| Elevation | 43–111 m (141–364 ft) (avg. 72 m or 236 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Arthenac is a French commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arthenacais or Arthenacaises
The commune has been awarded three flowers by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.
Arthenac is located in the south of Charente-Maritime in the former province of Saintonge some 24 km south-east of Pons, 16 km north-east of Jonzac, and immediately south-west of Archiac. Access to the commune is by the D699 road from Archiac in the north-west passing through the village and continuing south-west to Réaux. There is also the D251 road from Sainte-Lheurine in the north-west passing through south of the village to Saint-Eugène in the south-east. The D149 comes from the D700 in the north passing through the village then south to Allas-Champagne. The commune is mostly farmland with two large forests south of the village.
Under the Ancien Régime Arthenac was independent but was merged with Archiac in 1789. The commune regained its independent status on 13 October 1831.
List of Successive Mayors
(Not all data is known)
In 2010 the commune had 328 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1831. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.
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