Champniers, Charente

Champniers is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Champniers
Commune
The church in Champniers
Coat of arms
Location of Champniers
Champniers Champniers
Coordinates: 45°42′57″N 0°12′23″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Gond-Pontouvre
Intercommunality	CA Grand Angoulême
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michaël Laville
Area ^1	45.29 km^2 (17.49 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	5,151
• Density	110/km^2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16078 /16430
Elevation	31–163 m (102–535 ft) (avg. 112 m or 367 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 3,879 —     1800 4,233 +9.1% 1806 4,404 +4.0% 1821 4,132 −6.2% 1831 4,554 +10.2% 1841 4,062 −10.8% 1846 4,128 +1.6% 1851 4,102 −0.6% 1856 3,848 −6.2% 1861 3,648 −5.2% 1866 3,560 −2.4% 1872 3,388 −4.8% 1876 3,362 −0.8% 1881 3,255 −3.2% 1886 2,934 −9.9% 1891 2,846 −3.0% 1896 2,730 −4.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 2,719 −0.4% 1906 2,595 −4.6% 1911 2,626 +1.2% 1921 2,337 −11.0% 1926 2,313 −1.0% 1931 2,333 +0.9% 1936 2,431 +4.2% 1946 2,277 −6.3% 1954 2,383 +4.7% 1962 2,613 +9.7% 1968 2,762 +5.7% 1975 3,493 +26.5% 1982 4,094 +17.2% 1990 4,358 +6.4% 1999 4,605 +5.7% 2008 5,091 +10.6%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.