Corme-Écluse Explained

Corme-Écluse
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Saintes
Canton:Saujon
Insee:17119
Postal Code:17600
Mayor:Olivier Martin[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA Royan Atlantique
Coordinates:45.6319°N -0.8533°W
Elevation Min M:5
Elevation Max M:33
Area Km2:17.49

Corme-Écluse (in French pronounced as /kɔʁm eklyz/) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

The village is noteworthy for its Romanesque church of the eleventh century, with a single nave and transepts with ogival vaulting. The massive crossing tower is supported on a vaulted cupola on pendentives. The richly sculptural west front, with a porch of three bays and an arcade above, was restored about 1860.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. Charles Dangibeaud, L'arrondissement de Saintes (1905) s.v. "Corme-Écluse", p. 16.