Sainte-Soulle
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Sainte-Soulle | |
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Coordinates: 46°11′13″N 1°00′38″W / 46.187°N 1.0106°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Charente-Maritime |
Arrondissement | La Rochelle |
Canton | La Jarrie |
Intercommunality | CA La Rochelle |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Bertrand Ayral[1] |
Area 1 | 21.82 km2 (8.42 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 4,961 |
• Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 17407 /17220 |
Elevation | 3–42 m (9.8–137.8 ft) (avg. 32 m or 105 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Sainte-Soulle (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t sul]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.
Geography
[edit]The commune is situated about 12 km (7.5 mi) east of La Rochelle and forms a part of the metropolitan area of La Rochelle.
It is traversed by the N11 (La Rochelle - Paris), which can be accessed at the Usseau roundabout. At the Usseau roundabout, the route connecting La Rochelle with Nantes (N137) branches off the N11. The future highway A831 (Fontenay-le-Comte—Rochefort) will pass through the commune.
Apart from the village Sainte-Soulle, the commune consists of the localities Les Grandes-Rivières, Les Petites-Rivières, Saint-Coux, part of Fontpatour, le Treuil-Arnaudeau, Usseau, La Gabardelière, Chavagne and Le Raguenaud.
Formerly an agricultural commune, it became urbanized in the 1990s and many of its residents are now employed in nearby La Rochelle.
History
[edit]The name of the commune comes from the local saint Soline (see also the commune of Sainte-Soline in the Deux-Sèvres department).
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,386 | — |
1975 | 1,918 | +4.75% |
1982 | 2,221 | +2.12% |
1990 | 2,603 | +2.00% |
1999 | 2,653 | +0.21% |
2007 | 3,351 | +2.96% |
2012 | 3,740 | +2.22% |
2017 | 4,533 | +3.92% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
[edit]- Media related to Sainte-Soulle at Wikimedia Commons