Chaniers

Chaniers
Chaniers
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Chaniers
Coordinates: 45°43′08″N 0°33′21″W / 45.7189°N 0.5558°WCoordinates: 45°43′08″N 0°33′21″W / 45.7189°N 0.5558°W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saintes
Canton	Saintes-Est
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Xavier de Roux (PR)
Area^1	26.53 km^2 (10.24 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	3,391
• Density	130/km^2 (330/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17086 / 17610
Elevation	2–74 m (6.6–242.8 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,387	—
1800	2,122	−11.1%
1806	1,922	−9.4%
1821	2,532	+31.7%
1831	2,719	+7.4%
1836	2,733	+0.5%
1841	2,530	−7.4%
1846	2,522	−0.3%
1851	2,611	+3.5%
1856	2,556	−2.1%
1861	2,563	+0.3%
1866	2,565	+0.1%
1872	2,309	−10.0%
1876	2,233	−3.3%
1881	2,151	−3.7%
1886	2,260	+5.1%
1891	2,115	−6.4%
1896	2,029	−4.1%
1901	2,003	−1.3%
1906	2,004	+0.0%
1911	1,910	−4.7%
1921	1,809	−5.3%
1926	1,732	−4.3%
1931	1,694	−2.2%
1936	1,723	+1.7%
1946	1,934	+12.2%
1954	1,955	+1.1%
1962	2,022	+3.4%
1968	2,255	+11.5%
1975	2,750	+22.0%
1982	2,960	+7.6%
1990	3,086	+4.3%
1999	3,232	+4.7%
2008	3,391	+4.9%

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE