Saint-Simon, Charente

Saint-Simon
The city hall is a local museum too
Coat of arms
Saint-Simon
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Saint-Simon
Coordinates: 45°39′02″N 0°04′29″W / 45.6506°N 0.0747°WCoordinates: 45°39′02″N 0°04′29″W / 45.6506°N 0.0747°W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Châteauneuf-sur-Charente
Intercommunality	Châteauneuf
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Jacques Delage
Area^1	3.77 km^2 (1.46 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	207
• Density	55/km^2 (140/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16352 / 16120
Elevation	15–53 m (49–174 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 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.

Saint-Simon is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	665	—
1800	633	−4.8%
1806	722	+14.1%
1821	732	+1.4%
1831	757	+3.4%
1841	782	+3.3%
1846	738	−5.6%
1851	737	−0.1%
1856	684	−7.2%
1861	677	−1.0%
1866	660	−2.5%
1872	615	−6.8%
1876	572	−7.0%
1881	540	−5.6%
1886	472	−12.6%
1891	460	−2.5%
1896	440	−4.3%
1901	436	−0.9%
1906	454	+4.1%
1911	410	−9.7%
1921	333	−18.8%
1926	332	−0.3%
1931	330	−0.6%
1936	297	−10.0%
1946	278	−6.4%
1954	283	+1.8%
1962	252	−11.0%
1968	247	−2.0%
1975	272	+10.1%
1982	266	−2.2%
1990	222	−16.5%
1999	239	+7.7%
2008	207	−13.4%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE