Intercommunality Aunis Atlantique Area 28.63 km² | Population (2009) 1,971 Local time Thursday 8:12 AM | |
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Andilly is a French commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.
Contents
- Map of 17230 Andilly France
- Location
- Setting
- History
- Administration
- Demography
- Distribution of Age Groups
- Sites and monuments
- Railway Stations and Halts
- Airports and Aerodromes
- Roads
- Sports
- References
Map of 17230 Andilly, France
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Andillais or Andillaises
Location
Andilly is a marshy commune in the western part of the Poitevin Marsh located in the northwest of the Charente-Maritime 6.5 km south of Marans, the chief town of the canton, and 17 km north-east of La Rochelle, the prefecture of the department.
Setting
The commune includes the town of Andilly, the village of "Sérigny", and a place called "Bel-Air".
Andilly belongs to the western or dried-up part of the Poitevin Marsh and is a large grain-producing area. The commune is particularly well served by diversion canals, for draining and irrigation. Among these, two major canals cross the commune: the Canal du Curé crosses from east to west and the Canal from Marans to La Rochelle from north to south.
Andilly is watered in all the central parts and in the west by the Canal du Curé, which is formed from the lower reaches of the river Cure that is canalised from the commune of Anais. In Andilly, the Canal du Curé has long been called the Grand Canal of Andilly since its construction in 1771.
From north to south, the commune is traversed by the Canal from Marans to La Rochelle, which crosses the Canal du Curé northwest of Andilly town where significant crossing locks were built at a place called the Locks of Andilly.
History
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
(Not all data is known)
Demography
In 2009 the commune had 1,971 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.
Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)
Distribution of Age Groups
The population of the commune is relatively young. The proportion of people over the age of 60 years (16.6%) is less than the national average (21.6%) and the departmental average (28.1%).
In contrast to the national and departmental proportions, the percentage of males in the commune is greater than that of females (51.3% against 48.4% nationally and 48.2% departmentally).
Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Andilly and Charente-Maritime Department in 2009
Sources:
Sites and monuments
Railway Stations and Halts
Airports and Aerodromes
Roads
Sports
Andilly was the arrival point of the 1st stage and departure point of the 2nd stage of the Tour du Poitou-Charentes in 2004]]