Chadenac

Chadenac
Chadenac
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Chadenac
Coordinates: 45°32′32″N 0°26′27″W / 45.5422°N 0.4408°WCoordinates: 45°32′32″N 0°26′27″W / 45.5422°N 0.4408°W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saintes
Canton	Pons
Intercommunality	Haute-Saintonge
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gérard Guibert
Area^1	14.11 km^2 (5.45 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	401
• Density	28/km^2 (74/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17078 / 17800
Elevation	32–112 m (105–367 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.

Chadenac is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Chadenac has a notable romanesque church and a small Merovingian museum. It lies 8 km from Jonzac and 9 km from Pons off the D142 road, close to the Way of St. James.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	721	—
1800	748	+3.7%
1806	678	−9.4%
1821	875	+29.1%
1831	860	−1.7%
1836	807	−6.2%
1841	796	−1.4%
1846	827	+3.9%
1851	793	−4.1%
1856	801	+1.0%
1861	826	+3.1%
1866	814	−1.5%
1872	797	−2.1%
1876	740	−7.2%
1881	687	−7.2%
1886	655	−4.7%
1891	661	+0.9%
1896	640	−3.2%
1901	626	−2.2%
1906	644	+2.9%
1911	670	+4.0%
1921	592	−11.6%
1926	551	−6.9%
1931	556	+0.9%
1936	544	−2.2%
1946	512	−5.9%
1954	516	+0.8%
1962	601	+16.5%
1968	531	−11.6%
1975	473	−10.9%
1982	429	−9.3%
1990	424	−1.2%
1999	425	+0.2%
2008	401	−5.6%

Inhabitants are known as Chadenacais.

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Eglise Saint-Martin de Chadenac
• Romanesque Church in Chadenac
• Directory of Mayors' Statistics - Chadenac