Chérac

Chérac
Town hall
Coat of arms
Chérac
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Chérac
Coordinates: 45°42′15″N 0°26′11″W / 45.7042°N 0.4364°WCoordinates: 45°42′15″N 0°26′11″W / 45.7042°N 0.4364°W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saintes
Canton	Burie
Intercommunality	Vignobles et Vals boisés du Pays Buriaud
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacky Marfille
Area^1	29.88 km^2 (11.54 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	1,033
• Density	35/km^2 (90/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17100 / 17610
Elevation	2–95 m (6.6–311.7 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,715	—
1800	1,802	+5.1%
1806	1,602	−11.1%
1821	1,917	+19.7%
1831	1,822	−5.0%
1836	1,863	+2.3%
1841	1,729	−7.2%
1846	1,715	−0.8%
1851	1,712	−0.2%
1856	1,675	−2.2%
1861	1,672	−0.2%
1866	1,716	+2.6%
1872	1,641	−4.4%
1876	1,515	−7.7%
1881	1,322	−12.7%
1886	1,287	−2.6%
1891	1,278	−0.7%
1896	1,230	−3.8%
1901	1,177	−4.3%
1906	1,176	−0.1%
1911	1,125	−4.3%
1921	1,049	−6.8%
1926	1,001	−4.6%
1931	974	−2.7%
1936	950	−2.5%
1946	923	−2.8%
1954	915	−0.9%
1962	922	+0.8%
1968	879	−4.7%
1975	813	−7.5%
1982	946	+16.4%
1990	1,045	+10.5%
1999	1,012	−3.2%
2008	1,033	+2.1%

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE