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Sainte-Soulle
Sainte-Soulle
Commune
	The church in Sainte-Soulle
	Location of Sainte-Soulle
	Sainte-Soulle Sainte-Soulle
	Coordinates: 46°11′13″N 1°00′38″W / 46.187°N 1.0106°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	La Rochelle
Canton	La Jarrie
Intercommunality	CA La Rochelle
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bertrand Ayral
Area 1	21.82 km2 (8.42 sq mi)
Population (2021)	4,961
• Density	230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17407 /17220
Elevation	3–42 m (9.8–137.8 ft) ; (avg. 32 m or 105 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Soulle (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t sul]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

Geography

The commune is situated about 12 km (7.5 mi) east of La Rochelle and forms a part of the metropolitan area of La Rochelle.

It is traversed by the N11 (La Rochelle - Paris), which can be accessed at the Usseau roundabout. At the Usseau roundabout, the route connecting La Rochelle with Nantes (N137) branches off the N11. The future highway A831 (Fontenay-le-Comte—Rochefort) will pass through the commune.

Apart from the village Sainte-Soulle, the commune consists of the localities Les Grandes-Rivières, Les Petites-Rivières, Saint-Coux, part of Fontpatour, le Treuil-Arnaudeau, Usseau, La Gabardelière, Chavagne and Le Raguenaud.

Formerly an agricultural commune, it became urbanized in the 1990s and many of its residents are now employed in nearby La Rochelle.