La Benâte
| La Benâte | |
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  La Benâte | |
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Location within Poitou-Charentes region  La Benâte | |
| Coordinates: 46°00′47″N 0°34′14″W / 46.0131°N 0.5706°WCoordinates: 46°00′47″N 0°34′14″W / 46.0131°N 0.5706°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-d'Angély |
| Canton | Saint-Jean-d'Angély |
| Intercommunality | Canton de Saint-Jean-d'Angély |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Pierre Geoffroy (PR) |
| Area1 | 11.07 km2 (4.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 412 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (96/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 17040 / 17400 |
| Elevation |
38–109 m (125–358 ft) (avg. 67 m or 220 ft) |
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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. | |
La Benâte is a former commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes region in southwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Essouvert.[1]
Population
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 401 | — |
| 1800 | 400 | −0.2% |
| 1806 | 440 | +10.0% |
| 1821 | 435 | −1.1% |
| 1831 | 501 | +15.2% |
| 1836 | 541 | +8.0% |
| 1841 | 548 | +1.3% |
| 1846 | 560 | +2.2% |
| 1851 | 567 | +1.2% |
| 1856 | 548 | −3.4% |
| 1861 | 611 | +11.5% |
| 1866 | 591 | −3.3% |
| 1872 | 620 | +4.9% |
| 1876 | 604 | −2.6% |
| 1881 | 561 | −7.1% |
| 1886 | 502 | −10.5% |
| 1891 | 462 | −8.0% |
| 1896 | 454 | −1.7% |
| 1901 | 418 | −7.9% |
| 1906 | 441 | +5.5% |
| 1911 | 435 | −1.4% |
| 1921 | 396 | −9.0% |
| 1926 | 375 | −5.3% |
| 1931 | 358 | −4.5% |
| 1936 | 353 | −1.4% |
| 1946 | 347 | −1.7% |
| 1954 | 355 | +2.3% |
| 1962 | 340 | −4.2% |
| 1968 | 316 | −7.1% |
| 1975 | 259 | −18.0% |
| 1982 | 288 | +11.2% |
| 1990 | 354 | +22.9% |
| 1999 | 402 | +13.6% |
| 2008 | 412 | +2.5% |
See also
References
- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 6 November 2015 (French)
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