Chenon

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

Chenon
Commune
Chateau
Location of Chenon
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Coordinates: 45°56′34″N 0°14′19″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Boixe-et-Manslois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gilles Méral
Area ^1	10.48 km^2 (4.05 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	135
• Density	13/km^2 (33/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16095 /16460
Elevation	70–118 m (230–387 ft) (avg. 113 m or 371 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 436 —     1800 478 +9.6% 1806 521 +9.0% 1821 560 +7.5% 1831 591 +5.5% 1841 507 −14.2% 1846 575 +13.4% 1851 523 −9.0% 1856 505 −3.4% 1861 504 −0.2% 1866 501 −0.6% 1872 428 −14.6% 1876 407 −4.9% 1881 389 −4.4% 1886 398 +2.3% 1891 395 −0.8% 1896 372 −5.8%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 346 −7.0% 1906 326 −5.8% 1911 326 +0.0% 1921 283 −13.2% 1926 327 +15.5% 1931 288 −11.9% 1936 294 +2.1% 1946 238 −19.0% 1954 243 +2.1% 1962 217 −10.7% 1968 202 −6.9% 1975 185 −8.4% 1982 178 −3.8% 1990 143 −19.7% 1999 149 +4.2% 2008 157 +5.4%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

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