Bignay, Charente-Maritime

Bignay
Bignay
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Bignay
Coordinates: 45°55′01″N 0°36′00″W / 45.9169°N 0.6°WCoordinates: 45°55′01″N 0°36′00″W / 45.9169°N 0.6°W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Canton	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Intercommunality	Canton de Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Joël Touzet
Area^1	8.73 km^2 (3.37 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	405
• Density	46/km^2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17046 / 17400
Elevation	14–86 m (46–282 ft) (avg. 37 m or 121 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.

Bignay is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	416	—
1800	482	+15.9%
1806	490	+1.7%
1821	457	−6.7%
1831	517	+13.1%
1836	517	+0.0%
1841	478	−7.5%
1846	478	+0.0%
1851	468	−2.1%
1856	442	−5.6%
1861	483	+9.3%
1866	488	+1.0%
1872	482	−1.2%
1876	469	−2.7%
1881	453	−3.4%
1886	431	−4.9%
1891	418	−3.0%
1896	389	−6.9%
1901	338	−13.1%
1906	328	−3.0%
1911	332	+1.2%
1921	287	−13.6%
1926	304	+5.9%
1931	270	−11.2%
1936	269	−0.4%
1946	239	−11.2%
1954	258	+7.9%
1962	247	−4.3%
1968	237	−4.0%
1975	194	−18.1%
1982	244	+25.8%
1990	312	+27.9%
1999	321	+2.9%
2008	405	+26.2%

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE