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]