Anais, Charente-Maritime

Anais is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.

Anais
Commune
The church in Anais
Location of Anais
Anais
Anais
Coordinates: 46°11′16″N 0°54′26″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente-Maritime
ArrondissementRochefort
CantonLa Jarrie
IntercommunalityAunis Sud
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Bruno Gautronneau
Area
1
9.44 km2 (3.64 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
320
 • Density34/km2 (88/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
17007 /17540
Elevation3–29 m (9.8–95.1 ft)
(avg. 16 m or 52 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Anaisiens or Anaisiennes[2]

Geography

Anais is located some 15 km east of La Rochelle and 5 km south by south-east of Nuaille-d'Aunis. It can be accessed by the D107 road from Dompierre-sur-Mer in the west passing through the centre of the commune south of the village and continuing to Bouhet. The D113 road also comes from Virson in the south passing through the southern part of the commune and continuing north-east to Le Gué-d'Alleré. Access to the village in the north of the commune is only by small country roads running off the D107 and the D113. Apart from the small village of Anais there is also a larger village called Les Grandes-Rivieres located on the D113 road.

The Curé stream forms the eastern boundary of the commune and the Virson forms the northern part of the western boundary and they both meet at a place called le Gouffre (the Pit) which is the start of the Canal du Curé on the municipal boundary of the neighbouring commune of Angliers.[3]

The small village of Anais is built on a low limestone hill, at an altitude of about 13 metres, and it is surrounded by numerous marshes, being located in the southern part of the Marais Poitevin which belongs geographically and historically the plain of Aunis.

It is in this part of the Marais Poitevin that the course of the Curé enters the vast marshy bowl after leaving the last calcareous soils of Aunis in the neighbouring commune of Bouhet.

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors[4]

FromToNamePartyPosition
20012014Gérard GrelierSERetired
2014CurrentBruno GautronneauDVG

(Not all data is known)

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
2004244—    
2006270+10.7%
2007284+5.2%
2008299+5.3%
2009313+4.7%
2010326+4.2%
2011325−0.3%
2012326+0.3%
2013326+0.0%
2014327+0.3%
2015325−0.6%
2016323−0.6%

Distribution of Age Groups

The population of the commune is younger than the departmental average.

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Anais and Charente-Maritime Department in 2017

AnaisCharente-Maritime
Age RangeMenWomenMenWomen
0 to 14 Years16.819.716.314.3
15 to 29 Years13.013.215.413.1
30 to 44 Years16.822.416.716.1
45 to 59 Years29.823.020.219.9
60 to 74 Years17.417.821.122.0
75 to 89 Years6.23.99.412.3
90 Years+0.00.01.02.4

Source: INSEE[5][6]

Sites and Monuments
  • The Church of Saint Peter from the 10th century.

Transport

Nearest Railway Stations and Halts

Nearest Airport and aerodromes
  • La Rochelle (Laleu) 22.1 km
  • Rochefort-Saint-Agnant 33.8 km
  • Niort-Souché 41.4 km

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Inhabitants of Charente-Maritime (in French)
  3. Google Maps
  4. List of Mayors of France
  5. Évolution et structure de la population en 2017: Commune d'Anais (17007)
  6. Évolution et structure de la population en 2017: Département de la Charente-Maritime (17)
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