Écoyeux
| Écoyeux | |
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Chateau, now the town hall | |
  Écoyeux | |
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Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Écoyeux | |
| Coordinates: 45°49′23″N 0°30′21″W / 45.8231°N 0.5058°WCoordinates: 45°49′23″N 0°30′21″W / 45.8231°N 0.5058°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Saintes |
| Canton | Burie |
| Intercommunality | Canton de Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Christian Grelet |
| Area1 | 20.34 km2 (7.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 1,178 |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 17147 / 17770 |
| Elevation | 43–94 m (141–308 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Écoyeux is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.
Population
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1891 | 980 | — |
| 1896 | 905 | −7.7% |
| 1901 | 902 | −0.3% |
| 1906 | 938 | +4.0% |
| 1911 | 887 | −5.4% |
| 1921 | 818 | −7.8% |
| 1926 | 814 | −0.5% |
| 1931 | 780 | −4.2% |
| 1936 | 764 | −2.1% |
| 1946 | 778 | +1.8% |
| 1954 | 717 | −7.8% |
| 1962 | 613 | −14.5% |
| 1968 | 650 | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 623 | −4.2% |
| 1982 | 685 | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 804 | +17.4% |
| 1999 | 940 | +16.9% |
| 2008 | 1,178 | +25.3% |
The inhabitants of Écoyeux are known as Écoziliens.
See also
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