Marsais

Marsais
Town hall
Marsais
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Marsais
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rochefort
Canton	Surgères
Intercommunality	Surgères
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Didier Gatineau
Area1	23.98 km2 (9.26 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	878
• Density	37/km2 (95/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17221 / 17700
Elevation	23–82 m (75–269 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft)
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.

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
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	843	—
1968	870	+3.2%
1975	748	−14.0%
1982	713	−4.7%
1990	702	−1.5%
1999	785	+11.8%
2008	878	+11.8%

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