Marsilly, Charente-Maritime

Marsilly
Marsilly
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Marsilly
Administration
Country	France
Region	Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	La Rochelle
Canton	La Rochelle-5
Intercommunality	La Rochelle
Mayor	Aimé Gloux (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	0–31 m (0–102 ft)
Land area1	11.91 km2 (4.60 sq mi)
Population2	2,504  (2008)
- Density	210 /km2 (540 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17222/ 17137
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.

Coordinates: 46°13′53″N 1°08′12″W / 46.2313888889°N 1.13666666667°W / 46.2313888889; -1.13666666667

Marsilly is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population of Marsilly, Charente-Maritime

1946	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
796	890	914	1005	1467	1759	1926	2203	2504

Personalities

Between 1932 and 1936, the well-known writer Georges Simenon and his wife Régine lived at La Richardière, a 16th century manor house in Marsilly. The house is evoked in Simenon's novel Le Testament Donadieu

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE