Clam is a
commune with 418 residents (as of January 1, 2017) in the
French department
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...
of
Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Chérente-Marine''; ) is a Departments of France, department in the French Regions of France, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, on the country's west coast. Named after the river Charente (river), Charen ...
in the
Poitou-Charentes
Poitou-Charentes (; ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ) was an administrative region on the southwest coast of France. It comprised four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. It included the historical provinces of Angoumo ...
region. Clam is located in the ''
arrondissement
An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, and certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands.
Europe
France
The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissem ...
'' (eng. administrative region) as well as in the
canton of
Jonzac
Jonzac (; ) 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
The r ...
. The residents are called ''Clamais''.
Geography
Clam lies about 80 kilometers northeast of Bourdeaux. Clam is bordered by Marignac to the north and northwest, Neulles to the north and northeast, Saint-Germain-de-Luisignan to the south and east, as well as Saint-Georges-Antignac to the west.
Population
Places of interest
* The Church of Saint-Martin from the
12th century
The 12th century is the period from 1101 to 1200 in accordance with the Julian calendar.
In the history of European culture, this period is considered part of the High Middle Ages and overlaps with what is often called the Golden Age' of the ...
.
See also
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References
External links
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Communes of Charente-Maritime
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