Marsais

Marsais
Town hall
Marsais
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Marsais
Administration
Country	France
Region	Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rochefort
Canton	Surgères
Intercommunality	Surgères
Mayor	Didier Gatineau (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	23–82 m (75–269 ft) (avg. 40 m/130 ft)
Land area1	23.98 km2 (9.26 sq mi)
Population2	878  (2008)
- Density	37 /km2 (96 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17221/ 17700
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°07′35″N 0°35′54″W / 46.1263888889°N 0.598333333333°W / 46.1263888889; -0.598333333333

Marsais is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. It also has mayoral jurisdiction over two local communes L'Hopiteau (sometimes L'Hopiteaux) and Boisse.

Population

Historical population of Marsais

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
843	870	748	713	702	785	878

Sports

Despite the area being small in both geographic and demographic senses, there is a local football team, playing home games at 'Le Chat d'Eau' complex. There is a bar, Le Marsaisian. which is well known in the local region for hosting pool tournaments and Baby Foot (table football) championships.

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE