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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Anais
|commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image = Anais4.JPG
|caption = Anais Town Hall
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Anais (Charente).svg
|arrondissement = Confolens
|canton = Boixe-et-Manslois
|INSEE = 16011
|postal code = 16560
|mayor = Éric Giraud-Bernard<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes Cœur de Charente|Cœur de Charente]]
|coordinates = {{coord|45.775|0.210|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 75
|elevation min m = 60
|elevation max m = 139
|area km2 = 9.87
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Anais''' ({{IPA|fr|anɛ}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Charente]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] region of southwestern [[France]].

==Geography==

===Location and access===
Anais is located 14 km north of [[Angoulême]]. It is crossed from north to south by National Highway N10 from Angoulême to [[Poitiers]] which passes 1.5 km west of the town and is a landscaped expressway of four lanes.

Anais is also 4 km west of [[Jauldes]], 6 km south-east of [[Saint-Amant-de-Boixe]] - the chief town of the district, 7 km east of [[Vars, Charente|Vars]], 11 km south of [[Mansle]], and 5 km north-west of [[Brie, Charente|Brie]].<ref>[http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=45.775,0.21&z=8 Acme Mapper] [[Great-circle distance|Orthodromic]] Distances</ref>

The commune is traversed from east to west by the D11 road from [[Chasseneuil]] to [[Rouillac, Charente|Rouillac]] via Vars which passes through the village and continues to join the N10 by an interchange on the western border of the commune. The D45 road also goes from the village south to La Chignolle as well as the D113 from [[Montignac-Charente]] in the west to [[Cherves]] in the east.<ref name=Google>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Anais,+France/@45.7704229,0.2062751,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x47fe3a40d865261b:0x8dfe91f134eaec8f Google Maps]</ref><ref name=ign>[http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=0.21,45.775&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Géoportail], [[Institut géographique national|IGN]] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

Anais is 5 km north of [[Angoulême – Brie – Champniers Airport|Angoulême airport]]. The nearest train station is that at Angoulême.

===Localities and hamlets===
The town has two large hamlets or villages as big as Anais town: ''Le Breuil d'Anais'' located to the south-east, and ''Churet'' to the south on the old national highway 10 near ''La Chignolle'' in [[Champniers, Charente|Champniers]] commune.

To the west of the town the area of ''La Touche'' has developed due to the interchange on the N10. The commune also has many small hamlets and farms: ''La Claviere, Puymenier, les Nomblières, Puyfrançais, les Rivauds, Romefort, la Poutardière'', etc.<ref name="ign"/>

===Geology and terrain===
The soil of the town is made up of limestone dating from the [[Late Jurassic]] ([[Kimmeridgian]]). The Argence Valley has alluvium from the [[Quaternary]] (gritty [[clay]] and [[Peat]]).<ref>[http://infoterre.brgm.fr/viewer/MainTileForward.do# Infoterre Visualiser], BRGM website</ref><ref>BRGM map on [[Géoportail]]</ref><ref>[http://ficheinfoterre.brgm.fr/Notices/0685N.pdf Paper Notice on Mansle], BRGM, 1984, Infoterre website, consulted on 13 November 2011 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

The relief of the commune is that of a plateau with an average altitude of 100 m traversed from north to south by a small valley - the Argence Valley - which is a [[Dry valley]] starting from Argence and descending to Anais. The highest point in the commune is at an altitude of 139 m and is located on the western boundary at the ''Vieille Touche'' (the ''Puy Delan''). The lowest point is at 60 m located along the southerly limit of the Argence at Churet. The town is 80 m above sea level.<ref name="ign"/>

===Hydrography===
[[File:Argence1.JPG|thumb|The Argence at Churet]]

The commune is traversed by the Argence, a tributary of the right bank of the [[Charente (river)|Charente]] at [[Balzac, Charente|Balzac]]. The Argence is formed from two small tributaries: the ''Ruisseau du Moulin des Rivauds'' which rises in the east and ''l'Étang'' which has its source in the north with the river Argence taking its name downstream of the town. The ''Fountaine de Maillou'' at the southern border near Churet also feeds the Argence.<ref name="ign"/>

===Climate===
As in the southern three-quarters and west of the department, the climate is [[Oceanic climate|oceanic]] Aquitaine.

==Toponymy==
''Anais'' is derived from the Latin ''Annacum'' or ''Villa Anni'', meaning that the village was built around the property of a rich Gallo-Roman named ''Annus''.<ref>Jean-Marie Cassagne and Stéphane Seguin, ''Origin of names of towns and villages of Charente'', Jean-Michel Bordessoules, 1998, 311 pages, p. 14, {{ISBN|2-913471-06-4}}, {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

The hamlet of Breuil d'Anais takes its name from the Low Latin ''brogilum'' which is of Gallic origin from ''brogilos'', meaning "small wood".<ref>Xavier Delamarre, ''Dictionary of the Gallic language'', Paris (éditions errance), 2001, {{ISBN|978-2-87772-198-1}}, p. 91. {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

==History==
[[Aerial archaeology]] has revealed the moat and the foundations of a medieval castle.<ref>Jacques Dassié, ''Aerial Archaeology. Archaeological and Touristic Heritage of Charentes'', Alan Sutton, 2001, 176 pages, p. 82 (photo), {{ISBN|2-84253-607-X}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

==Administration==
From 1793 to 1801 Anais was in the canton of Jandes then passed to the Canton of [[Saint-Amant-de-Boixe]].<ref name=Cassini>{{Cassini-Ehess|695|Anais}}</ref><ref group="Note">This could be a typing error on the Cassini database: should be canton of ''Jaudes''</ref>

{{incomplete list|date=April 2021}}
'''List of Successive Mayors'''<ref>[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=21316 List of Mayors of France]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From !! To !! Name !! Party !! Position
|-
| 1977 || 2014 || Jacky Bertrand || [[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]] || Professor
|-
| 2014 || 2026 || Éric Giraud-Bernard || ||
|}

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=evol2017/>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |374
|1975 |420
|1982 |439
|1990 |446
|1999 |466
|2007 |539
|2012 |595
|2017 |581
}}

===Distribution of Age Groups===
'''Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Anais and Charente Department in 2017'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! !! colspan=2 | Anais !! colspan=2 | Charente
|-
! Age Range !! Men !! Women !! Men !! Women
|-
| 0 to 14 Years || 20.3 || 18.3 || 16.7 || 14.8
|-
| 15 to 29 Years || 15.2 || 15.1 || 15.7 || 13.8
|-
| 30 to 44 Years || 18.3 || 19.1 || 17.1 || 16.3
|-
| 45 to 59 Years || 24.8 || 21.6 || 21.1 || 20.8
|-
| 60 to 74 Years || 16.2 || 19.4 || 19.6 || 19.8
|-
| 75 to 89 Years || 4.8 || 5.8 || 8.9 || 12.0
|-
| 90 Years+ || 0.3 || 0.7 || 0.9 || 2.4
|}
Source: [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|INSEE]]<ref name=evol2017>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-16011 Évolution et structure de la population en 2017: Commune d'Anais (16011)]</ref><ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=DEP-16 Évolution et structure de la population en 2017: Département de la Charente (16)]</ref>

Throughout the twentieth century, Anais had a high level of stability in its population but the population has increased significantly since the 1970s.

==Economy==
The main area of activity in Anais is at ''La Touche'' along the N10 where there is an Intermarché base (with 100-249 employees), trucks, a hotel restaurant, and various companies such as: Aluplast, AMS, Crousti'charente, Inomould, industrial boilermaker Guerin, SOMC and some Wholesalers, materials, tyres, and petroleum products.

In the town is a bakery with another in La Touche where there is a bakery company.

There are trade enterprises such as masonry, a general construction company, a farm, and a garage.

==Facilities, services, and local life==
[[File:Anais1.JPG|thumb|The Post Office]]

===Education===
The school is an RPI between Anais, [[Aussac-Vadalle]], and [[Tourriers]]. Anais has a kindergarten and a primary school while Aussac-Vadalle and Tourriers have elementary schools.<ref>[http://web16.ac-poitiers.fr/ia16/circos/ang_nord/etab/rpi.php Academic Inspectorate of Charente website] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

==Sites and Monuments==
[[File:Anais3.JPG|thumb|left|upright=.6|The Church]]
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==See also==
*[[Communes of the Charente department]]

==Notes and references==

===Notes===
<references group="Note"/>

===References===
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311175439/http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=19339 Anais on the National Geographic Institute website] {{in lang|fr}}
*[http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=0.21,45.775&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Anais on Géoportail], [[Institut géographique national|National Geographic Institute]] (IGN) website {{in lang|fr}}
*[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=45.775&lon=0.21&zoom=13 ''Anes'' on the 1750 Cassini Map]

{{Commons category|Anais (Charente)}}

{{Geographic location
|width=auto
|Centre = Anais
|North = [[Tourriers]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Jauldes]]
|Southeast = [[Brie, Charente|Brie]]
|South = [[Champniers, Charente|Champniers]]
|Southwest =
|West = [[Vars, Charente|Vars]]
|Northwest = [[Saint-Amant-de-Boixe]]
}}
{{Charente communes}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Communes of Charente]]

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