Cherves-Châtelars

Cherves-Châtelars
Cherves-Châtelars
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Cherves-Châtelars
Coordinates: 45°48′41″N 0°32′52″E / 45.8114°N 0.5478°ECoordinates: 45°48′41″N 0°32′52″E / 45.8114°N 0.5478°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Montembœuf
Intercommunality	Haute-Charente
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gérard Morand
Area^1	30.68 km^2 (11.85 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	431
• Density	14/km^2 (36/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16096 / 16310
Elevation	125–313 m (410–1,027 ft) (avg. 234 m or 768 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.

Cherves-Châtelars is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,173	—
1800	1,007	−14.2%
1806	1,005	−0.2%
1821	1,297	+29.1%
1831	1,278	−1.5%
1841	1,595	+24.8%
1846	1,689	+5.9%
1851	1,671	−1.1%
1856	1,596	−4.5%
1861	1,505	−5.7%
1866	1,485	−1.3%
1872	1,362	−8.3%
1876	1,395	+2.4%
1881	1,462	+4.8%
1886	1,417	−3.1%
1891	1,421	+0.3%
1896	1,340	−5.7%
1901	1,304	−2.7%
1906	1,305	+0.1%
1911	1,308	+0.2%
1921	1,058	−19.1%
1926	1,031	−2.6%
1931	946	−8.2%
1936	915	−3.3%
1946	869	−5.0%
1954	706	−18.8%
1962	731	+3.5%
1968	656	−10.3%
1975	608	−7.3%
1982	592	−2.6%
1990	520	−12.2%
1999	443	−14.8%
2008	431	−2.7%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE