Asnières-sur-Blour
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Asnières-sur-Blour (French: [ɑnjɛʁ syʁ bluʁ]; Occitan: Asnieras) is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. The commune has 180 inhabitants (2019).[3]
Asnières-sur-Blour
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Coordinates: 46°09′54″N 0°48′04″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Vienne |
Arrondissement | Montmorillon |
Canton | Lussac-les-Châteaux |
Intercommunality | CC Vienne Gartempe |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Maryse Legrand[1] |
Area 1 | 32.49 km2 (12.54 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 184 |
• Density | 5.7/km2 (15/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 86011 /86430 |
Elevation | 163–232 m (535–761 ft) (avg. 210 m or 690 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Asnières-sur-Blour is located roughly halfway between the cities of Limoges and Poitiers. Its land is formed by a 3 percent of steep and grisp[check spelling] valleys, 38% of clay soils in the Seuil du Poitou upland, pink granite soils (21%), diorite soils (22%) and leucogranite soils (22%) in the surrounding "hillock arch".[4] The land is skimed[check spelling] by a 15 chilometers fluviale creek of which 5 km belongs to the French river Blourde. The climate is oceanic with moderate hot and dry summers, slowly raining in the fall and with no excessively cold winters.