Clérac

Clérac (French pronunciation: [kleʁak]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Clérac
Town hall
Location of Clérac
Clérac
Clérac
Coordinates: 45°10′51″N 0°13′40″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente-Maritime
ArrondissementJonzac
CantonLes Trois Monts
IntercommunalityHaute-Saintonge
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Michel Quod
Area
1
43.08 km2 (16.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
979
  Density23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
17110 /17270
Elevation27–116 m (89–381 ft)
(avg. 90 m or 300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The historian and philologist James Germain Février (1895–1976) was born in Clérac.

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