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Balzac is a commune in France, situated within the Charente department and the Arrondissement of Angoulême. It lies in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and is located next to the Charente body of water. The town borders Champniers, Gond-Pontouvre, Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente, and Vars. Its official name is Balzac, and it is associated with the canton of Gond-Pontouvre.
The commune has an area of 9.64 and an elevation of 102 above sea level. The population is 1410, comprising 660 males and 677 females. The postal code for the area is 16430.
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cached 7h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Balzac
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Department
- Charente
- Arrondissement
- Angoulême
- Canton
- Gond-Pontouvre
- Intercommunality
- CA Grand Angoulême
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Jean-Claude Courari
- Area
- 9.64 km (3.72 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 1,410
- Density
- 146/km (379/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 16026 /16430
- Elevation
- 30–102 m (98–335 ft) , (avg. 40 m or 130 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Mairie de Balzac
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Balzac
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Angoulême
- Population
- 1378
- Area
- 9.64
- Elevation
- 58
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Charente
- Shares border with
- Vindelle
- Official website
- www.balzac.fr
- Image
- Balzac mairie.JPG
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- Commons category
- Balzac (Charente)
- postal code
- 16430
- associated electoral district
- canton of Gond-Pontouvre
- male population
- 660
- female population
- 677
- P8168
- Heinrich Seilkopf
- different from
- Balzac
- phone number
- +33-5-45-68-42-69
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Encyclopedic overview
Balzac ( French pronunciation: [balzak]) is a commune in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balzac” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.