Allas-Champagne is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.
Geography Allas-Champagne is located in the south of the department of Charente-Maritime in the former province of Saintonge some 10 km north-east of Jonzac and 5 km south-east of Archiac. It can be accessed by road D250 which comes east from the D699 linking Jonzac and Archiac through the village and continuing east as the D250E1 to Brie-sous-Archiac. There is also the D149 which comes from Archiac in the north passing through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing south to join the D2 road west of Meux. Apart from the village there are three hamlets in the commune: Godais, Chez Gondre, and La Valade. The commune consists entirely of farmland with the exception of a few very small patches of forest in the south.Google Maps
The Trefle river flows west through the south of the commune forming part of the southern border before continuing westwards to join the Seugne near Saint-Grégoire-d'Ardennes. A small unnamed stream also rises in the north of the commune and flows west then south to join the Trefle.
Administration
List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France From To Name Party Position 2001 2014 Yves Guénoux SE Sales Executive 2014 2026 Bernard Maindron
Population The inhabitants of the commune are known as Allasiens or Allasiennes in French.Le nom des habitants du 17 - Charente-Maritime, habitants.fr
Education A public kindergarten is located in the centre of the village.
Sites and monuments The Church of Saint-Didier from the 12th century.
Transport
Nearest Railway stations and halts Jonzac (9 km) Fontaines-d'Ozillac (halt) (9.9 km) Clion-sur-Seugne (halt) (13.1 km) Pons (20 km) Montendre (21.6 km)
Nearest Airports and airfields Cognac (21 km) Angoulême (52.1 km) Aerodrome of Royan-Médis (52.7 km)
See also Communes of the Charente-Maritime department
References
External links Allas-Champagne on the National Geographic Institute website Allas-Champagne on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Allas-Champagne on the 1750 Cassini Map