Benest

Benest
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Benest
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Benest
Coordinates: 46°02′21″N 0°27′10″E / 46.0392°N 0.4528°ECoordinates: 46°02′21″N 0°27′10″E / 46.0392°N 0.4528°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Champagne-Mouton
Intercommunality	Confolentais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Jacques Meyer
Area^1	21.10 km^2 (8.15 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	361
• Density	17/km^2 (44/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16038 / 16350
Elevation	132–192 m (433–630 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
^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.

Benest is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,400	—
1800	1,262	−9.9%
1806	1,378	+9.2%
1821	1,395	+1.2%
1831	1,480	+6.1%
1841	1,485	+0.3%
1846	1,524	+2.6%
1851	1,466	−3.8%
1856	1,578	+7.6%
1861	1,419	−10.1%
1866	1,443	+1.7%
1872	1,426	−1.2%
1876	1,330	−6.7%
1881	1,322	−0.6%
1886	1,327	+0.4%
1891	1,311	−1.2%
1896	1,267	−3.4%
1901	1,282	+1.2%
1906	1,296	+1.1%
1911	1,266	−2.3%
1921	920	−27.3%
1926	995	+8.2%
1931	972	−2.3%
1936	947	−2.6%
1946	909	−4.0%
1954	867	−4.6%
1962	739	−14.8%
1968	663	−10.3%
1975	547	−17.5%
1982	470	−14.1%
1990	425	−9.6%
1999	382	−10.1%
2008	361	−5.5%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE