Marsilly, Charente-Maritime

Marsilly is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Marsilly
A general view of Marsilly
Coat of arms
Location of Marsilly
Marsilly
Marsilly
Coordinates: 46°13′53″N 1°08′12″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente-Maritime
ArrondissementLa Rochelle
CantonLagord
IntercommunalityCA La Rochelle
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Aimé Gloux
Area
1
11.91 km2 (4.60 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
3,045
  Density260/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
17222 /17137
Elevation0–31 m (0–102 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1946796    
1954890+11.8%
1962914+2.7%
19681,005+10.0%
19751,467+46.0%
19821,759+19.9%
19901,926+9.5%
19992,203+14.4%
20082,504+13.7%

Personalities

Between 1932 and 1936, the well-known writer Georges Simenon and his wife Régine lived at La Richardière, a 16th-century manor house in Marsilly. The house is evoked in Simenon's novel Le Testament Donadieu

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See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.



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