Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche

Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche
The town hall in Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche
Location of Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche
Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche
Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche
Coordinates: 45°51′05″N 0°31′42″W / 45.8514°N 0.5283°W / 45.8514; -0.5283
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente-Maritime
ArrondissementSaint-Jean-d'Angély
CantonChaniers
IntercommunalityVals de Saintonge
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Didier Bascle
Area
1
25.08 km2 (9.68 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
1,350
  Density54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
17344 /17770
Elevation22–95 m (72–312 ft)
(avg. 40 m or 130 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ilɛʁ vilfʁɑ̃ʃ], before 1962: Saint-Hilaire) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, the former commune La Frédière was merged into Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche.