Marsilly, Charente-Maritime Explained

Marsilly
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Marsilly 17.svg
Arrondissement:La Rochelle
Canton:Lagord
Insee:17222
Postal Code:17137
Mayor:Hervé Pineau[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA La Rochelle
Coordinates:46.2314°N -1.1367°W
Elevation Min M:0
Elevation Max M:31
Area Km2:11.91

Marsilly (in French pronounced as /maʁsiji/) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Personalities

Between 1932 and 1936, the well-known writer Georges Simenon and his wife Régine lived at La Richardière, a 16th-century manor house in Marsilly. The house is evoked in Simenon's novel Le Testament Donadieu

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 9 August 2021. fr.