Allas-Champagne is a

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in the

Charente-Maritime Charente-Maritime () is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region on the southwestern coast of France. Named after the river Charente, its prefecture is La Rochelle. As of 2019, it had a population of 651,358 with an area of 6,864 square kil ...

department in the

Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine (; oc, Nòva Aquitània or ; eu, Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Novéle-Aguiéne'') is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by ...

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of southwestern

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Allasiens'' or ''Allasiennes''

Geography

Allas-Champagne is located in the south of the department of

in the former province of Saintonge some 10 km north-east of

Jonzac Jonzac (; french: 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 ...

and 5 km south-east of Archiac. It can be accessed by road D250 which comes east from the D699 linking Jonzac and Archiac through the village and continuing east as the D250E1 to Brie-sous-Archiac. There is also the D149 which comes from Archiac in the north passing thorough the heart of the commune and the village and continuing south to join the D2 road west of Meux. Apart from the village there are three hamlets in the commune: Godais, Chez Gondre, and La Valade. The commune consists entirely of farmland with the exception of a few very small patches of forest in the south.Google Maps
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The ''Trefle'' river flows west through the south of the commune forming part of the southern border before continuing westwards to join the

Seugne The Seugne () is an long river in the Charente-Maritime département, in western France, left tributary of the Charente. Its source is in the commune of Montlieu-la-Garde, west of the village. It flows generally north-northwest. North from C ...

near Saint-Grégoire-d'Ardennes. A small unnamed stream also rises in the north of the commune and flows west then south to join the Trefle.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Population

Distribution of Age Groups

The population of the commune is younger than the departmental average. Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Allas-Champagne and Charente-Maritime Department in 2017 Source: INSEEÉvolution et structure de la population en 2017: Commune d'Allas-Champagne (17006)
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Education

A public kindergarten is located in the centre of the village.

Sites and monuments

* The ''Church of Saint-Didier'' from the 12th century. File:Allas-Champagne, eglise Saint-Didier.jpg, The Church of Saint Didier File:Allas-Champagne Church Interior.JPG, Church of Saint Didier Interior File:Allas-Champagne Church Stained Glass 1.JPG, Stained Glass in the Church File:Allas-Champagne Church Stained Glass 2.JPG, Stained Glass in the Church

Transport

Nearest Railway stations and halts

(9 km) * Fontaines-d'Ozillac (halt) (9.9 km) * Clion-sur-Seugne (halt) (13.1 km) *

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(20 km) *

Montendre Montendre () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Population In 1972 Montendre absorbed the former communes Chardes and Vallet. See also *Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a lis ...

(21.6 km)

Nearest Airports and airfields

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(21 km) * Angoulême (52.1 km) *Aerodrome of

Royan Royan (; in the Saintongeais dialect; oc, Roian) is a commune and town in the south-west of France, in the department of Charente-Maritime in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its inhabitants are known as ''Royannais'' and ''Royannaises''. Capi ...

- Médis (52.7 km)