Jonzac

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Jonzac

|commune status = Subprefecture and commune

|image = Jonzac2.6.JPG

|caption = Chateau

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Jonzac (Charente-Maritime).svg

|arrondissement = Jonzac

|canton = Jonzac

|INSEE = 17197

|postal code = 17500

|population demonym = Jonzacais·e

|mayor = Christophe Cabri{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Haute-Saintonge

|coordinates = {{coord|45.4467|-0.4336|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 40

|elevation min m = 26

|elevation max m = 87

|area km2 = 13.09

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Jonzac ({{IPA|fr|ʒɔ̃zak|-|Fr-Paris--Jonzac.ogg}}; {{langx|fr|label=Poitevin-Saintongese|Jhonzat}}) is a commune of the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. The historian Jean Glénisson (1921–2010) was born in Jonzac as well as the philosopher Jean Hyppolite (1907–1968).

Geography

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The river Seugne flows northwest through the commune and crosses the town. The station of Jonzac has a direct connection the station Gare de Bordeaux-Saint-Jean.

Jonzac is located in the south of Charente-Maritime, with the department's capital La Rochelle 105 km to the northwest. The capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, Bordeaux, is 90 km to the southwest. 55 km to its east is Angoulême, capital of the neighbouring Charente department.

Population

{{Historical populations

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|cols = 2

|percentages = pagr

|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|17892|Jonzac}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-17197#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|1793 |2470

|1800 |2509

|1806 |2488

|1821 |2465

|1831 |2618

|1836 |2514

|1841 |2524

|1846 |2591

|1851 |2718

|1856 |2792

|1861 |3005

|1866 |3147

|1872 |3260

|1876 |3296

|1881 |3210

|1886 |3237

|1891 |3431

|1896 |3344

|1901 |3366

|1906 |3287

|1911 |3210

|1921 |2896

|1926 |3041

|1931 |3142

|1936 |3250

|1946 |3771

|1954 |3575

|1962 |4020

|1968 |4022

|1975 |4306

|1982 |4494

|1990 |3998

|1999 |3817

|2007 |3511

|2012 |3502

|2017 |3432

}}

See also

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