Cherves-Châtelars

Cherves-Châtelars is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Cherves-Châtelars
Commune
The church in Cherves-Châtelars
Coat of arms
Location of Cherves-Châtelars
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Coordinates: 45°48′41″N 0°32′52″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Bonnieure
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gérard Morand
Area ^1	30.68 km^2 (11.85 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	413
• Density	13/km^2 (35/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16096 /16310
Elevation	125–313 m (410–1,027 ft) (avg. 234 m or 768 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 1,173 —     1800 1,007 −14.2% 1806 1,005 −0.2% 1821 1,297 +29.1% 1831 1,278 −1.5% 1841 1,595 +24.8% 1846 1,689 +5.9% 1851 1,671 −1.1% 1856 1,596 −4.5% 1861 1,505 −5.7% 1866 1,485 −1.3% 1872 1,362 −8.3% 1876 1,395 +2.4% 1881 1,462 +4.8% 1886 1,417 −3.1% 1891 1,421 +0.3% 1896 1,340 −5.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 1,304 −2.7% 1906 1,305 +0.1% 1911 1,308 +0.2% 1921 1,058 −19.1% 1926 1,031 −2.6% 1931 946 −8.2% 1936 915 −3.3% 1946 869 −5.0% 1954 706 −18.8% 1962 731 +3.5% 1968 656 −10.3% 1975 608 −7.3% 1982 592 −2.6% 1990 520 −12.2% 1999 443 −14.8% 2008 431 −2.7%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

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