Ballon, Charente-Maritime

Ballon
Ballon
Commune
	The village of Ballon
	Location of Ballon
	Ballon Location within France Ballon Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine
	Coordinates: 46°03′28″N 0°57′04″W / 46.0578°N 0.9511°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rochefort
Canton	Surgères
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Emmanuel Jobin
Area 1	12.18 km2 (4.70 sq mi)
Elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Highest elevation	47 m (154 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2023)	828
• Density	68.0/km2 (176/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17032 /17290
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ballon (French pronunciation: [balɔ̃] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.

Geography

Ballon is located some 12 km north of Rochefort and 6 km south of Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis. Access to the commune is by the D111 road from Thairé in the west which passes through the village and continues to Ciré-d'Aunis in the east. The D266 goes south-west from the village then west to join the D110 west of the commune. The commune is entirely farmland.

The Canal de Charras forms the south-eastern border of the commune with the Canal des Roseaux joining it on the southern border and forming part of the south western border. In most of the commune – especially the south – there is an extensive network of canals including the Canal de Ceinture du Marais de Moullepieds and the Canal de Lileau.