Chives, Charente-Maritime

Chives
Chives
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Chives
Coordinates: 45°57′32″N 0°07′33″W / 45.9589°N 0.1258°WCoordinates: 45°57′32″N 0°07′33″W / 45.9589°N 0.1258°W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Canton	Aulnay
Intercommunality	canton d'Aulnay-de-Saintonge
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Louis Protteau
Area^1	20.66 km^2 (7.98 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	371
• Density	18/km^2 (47/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17105 / 17510
Elevation	82–142 m (269–466 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	960	—
1800	885	−7.8%
1806	852	−3.7%
1821	972	+14.1%
1831	1,128	+16.0%
1836	1,055	−6.5%
1841	1,038	−1.6%
1846	1,047	+0.9%
1851	1,012	−3.3%
1856	970	−4.2%
1861	1,011	+4.2%
1866	998	−1.3%
1872	963	−3.5%
1876	948	−1.6%
1881	915	−3.5%
1886	952	+4.0%
1891	863	−9.3%
1896	858	−0.6%
1901	818	−4.7%
1906	762	−6.8%
1911	759	−0.4%
1921	694	−8.6%
1926	682	−1.7%
1931	681	−0.1%
1936	689	+1.2%
1946	649	−5.8%
1954	640	−1.4%
1962	566	−11.6%
1968	502	−11.3%
1975	444	−11.6%
1982	457	+2.9%
1990	424	−7.2%
1999	378	−10.8%
2008	371	−1.9%

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE