Saint-Rogatien

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Mairie - St Rogatien.
Saint-Rogatien
Saint-Rogatien is located in France
Saint-Rogatien
Saint-Rogatien
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Location within Poitou-Charentes region
Saint-Rogatien is located in Poitou-Charentes
Saint-Rogatien
Saint-Rogatien
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Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement La Rochelle
Canton La Jarrie
Area1 5.19 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 1,841
 • Density 350/km2 (920/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 17391 / 17220
Elevation 9–33 m (30–108 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Rogatien is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Poitou-Charentes region in southwestern France.

Besides the town, the town includes the area of Brain Mortar and part of the village Pommerou, shared with the town of Clavette.[1] Its inhabitants are called scraps and Rogatonnes.[2]

Gallery

Église Saint-Rogatien-Saint-Donatien

Église Saint-Rogatien-Saint-Donatien.

This church built of limestone in the 12th century and renovated in the 19th century is dedicated to Nantes two martyrs, partially destroyed during the Wars of Religion, it is largely late medieval but retains its Romanesque portal and an Gothic trefoil recess. The choir stalls were rebuilt in large part to the late Middle Ages. A granite tithe measure from the fifteenth or sixteenth century, is used as the church font. In 1871, a bell tower was installed. In 1884, a restoration project was planned but didn't eventuate till 1987, when the facade was restored, the west weakened by weathering.

Population

Population of Saint Rogatiens

In 2012, the municipality had 1,956 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known throughout the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the twenty-first century, actual census towns with less than 10,000 inhabitants are held every five years, unlike other cities that have a sample survey every year.

Historical population
Year Pop. ±%
1793 411 —    
1800 299 −27.3%
1806 362 +21.1%
1821 436 +20.4%
1831 448 +2.8%
1836 449 +0.2%
1841 467 +4.0%
1846 470 +0.6%
1851 506 +7.7%
1856 456 −9.9%
1861 490 +7.5%
1866 479 −2.2%
1872 464 −3.1%
1876 515 +11.0%
1886 389 −24.5%
1891 355 −8.7%
1896 375 +5.6%
1901 323 −13.9%
1906 324 +0.3%
1911 339 +4.6%
1921 303 −10.6%
1926 293 −3.3%
1931 299 +2.0%
1936 309 +3.3%
1946 303 −1.9%
1954 296 −2.3%
1962 346 +16.9%
1968 357 +3.2%
1975 557 +56.0%
1982 753 +35.2%
1990 1,272 +68.9%
1999 1,805 +41.9%
2005 1,803 −0.1%
2006 1,808 +0.3%
2008 1,841 +1.8%
2010 1,920 +4.3%
2012 1,956 +1.9%

Map of the Commune

Map of the commune

See also

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