Sammarçolles

Sammarçolles
Sammarçolles
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Sammarçolles
Coordinates: 47°02′01″N 0°08′50″E / 47.0336°N 0.1472°ECoordinates: 47°02′01″N 0°08′50″E / 47.0336°N 0.1472°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Vienne
Arrondissement	Châtellerault
Canton	Loudun
Intercommunality	Pays Loudunais
Government
• Mayor	Rémy Sainton
Area^1	21.22 km^2 (8.19 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	600
• Density	28/km^2 (73/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	86252 / 86200
Elevation	54–102 m (177–335 ft) (avg. 74 m or 243 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Sammarçolles is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. The small town lies northeast of Loudun, 6.5 kilometres by road. It contains a "rich chapel", built by the Montault des Isles family.^[1][2] 686 people were recorded in 1886. ^[3]The population declined in the 20th century to a low of 472 people in 1990. As of 2006 it has a population of 600 people.^[4]

Demographics

Historical population of Sammarçolles

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	548	594	559	513	472	513	600

See also

• Communes of the Vienne department

References

1. Société des antiquaires de l'Ouest (Poitiers, France) (1859). Bulletin de la Société des antiquaires de l'Ouest et des musées de Poitiers. La Société. p. 444. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
2. Longuemar, Alphonse Le Touzé de (1861). Excursion archéologique dans le Loudunais. Imp. de A. Dupré. p. 19. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
3. Dreyfus, Camille; Berthelot, André (1886). La Grande encyclopédie: inventaire raisonné des sciences, des lettres et des arts. Lamirault et cie. p. 401. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
4. INSEE