Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis
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 Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
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| Coordinates: 46°07′00″N 0°55′57″W / 46.1167°N 0.9325°WCoordinates: 46°07′00″N 0°55′57″W / 46.1167°N 0.9325°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Rochefort | |
| Canton | Surgères | |
| Intercommunality | Aunis Sud | |
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| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Gilles Gay | |
| Area1 | 16.76 km2 (6.47 sq mi) | |
| Population (2014)2 | 3,810 | |
| • Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 17003 /17290 | |
| Elevation | 12–38 m (39–125 ft) (avg. 18 m or 59 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.
Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis is a French commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
The inhabitants are known as Aigrefeuillais or Aigrefeuillaises.
By population as well as by economic weight, it is the first city in the Community of Communes of Plaine d'Aunis and it is one of the three main urban centres of the Pays d'Aunis along with Surgères and Marans.
The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.
Aigrefeuille d'Aunis is a small town of 3,577 inhabitants, located in the northwest quarter of the department of Charente-Maritime, in the region of Aunis, 25 km east of La Rochelle, 22 km north of Rochefort and 15 km west of Surgères.
The commune of Aigrefeuille d'Aunis is traversed south of the metropolitan area by the Highway D939 which connects La Rochelle to Périgueux, via Surgères and Angoulême.
The commune is connected to Rochefort by the main road D5 which follows the old railway line (closed in 1953).
Aigrefeuille d'Aunis is traversed in the south of the urban area by the Poitiers-La Rochelle railway line. It is double tracked and was electrified in 1993 to allow passage of the TGV to La Rochelle Station.
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