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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
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| Coordinates: 45°26′48″N 0°26′01″W / 45.4467°N 0.4336°WCoordinates: 45°26′48″N 0°26′01″W / 45.4467°N 0.4336°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac | |
| Canton | Jonzac | |
| Intercommunality | Haute-Saintonge | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Claude Belot | |
| Area1 | 13.09 km2 (5.05 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 3,552 | |
| • Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 17197 /17500 | |
| Elevation | 26–87 m (85–285 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 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.
Jonzac (French: [ʒɔ̃.zak]) is a commune of the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. The historian Jean Glénisson (1921–2010) was born in Jonzac as well as the philosopher Jean Hippolyte (1907–1968)
The river Seugne flows northwest through the commune and crosses the town.
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