Country France Department Charente-Maritime Canton Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis Area 12.18 km² | Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Arrondissement Rochefort Population (2010) 740 Local time Wednesday 3:02 AM | |
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Weather 9°C, Wind SW at 21 km/h, 78% Humidity | ||
Ballon is a French commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
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Map of 17290 Ballon, France
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ballonais or Ballonaises.
Geography
Ballon is located some 12 km north of Rochefort and 6 km south of Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis. Access to the commune is by the D111 road from Thairé in the west which passes through the village and continues to Ciré-d'Aunis in the east. The D266 goes south-west from the village then west to join the D110 west of the commune. The commune is entirely farmland.
The Canal de Charras forms the south-eastern border of the commune with the Canal des Roseaux joining it on the southern border and forming part of the south western border. In most of the commune - especially the south - there is an extensive network of canals including the Canal de Ceinture du Marais de Moullepieds and the Canal de Lileau.
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
(Not all data is known)
Demography
In 2010 the commune had 740 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from 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 communes 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 town is relatively young. The ratio of persons above the age of 60 years (18.2%) is lower than the national average (21.6%) and the departmental average (28.1%). Unlike national and departmental allocations, the male population of the town is greater than the female population (50.9% against 48.4% nationally and 48.2% at the departmental level).
Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Ballon and Charente-Maritime Department in 2010
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