Saint-Césaire

Saint Césaire
The church in Saint-Césaire
Location of Saint Césaire
Saint Césaire
Saint Césaire
Coordinates: 45°45′11″N 0°30′22″W / 45.7531°N 0.5061°W / 45.7531; -0.5061
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente-Maritime
ArrondissementSaintes
CantonChaniers
IntercommunalityCA Saintes
Government
  Mayor (20232026) Christelle Basso-Fin
Area
1
10.41 km2 (4.02 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
894
  Density86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
17314 /17770
Elevation22–89 m (72–292 ft)
(avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Césaire (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sezɛʁ]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Poitou-Charentes), southwestern France. In the 1970s, a Neanderthal skeleton was found near Saint-Césaire.