Claix, Charente

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

Claix
Commune
Town hall
Location of Claix
Claix Claix
Coordinates: 45°33′22″N 0°02′37″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Boëme-Échelle
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Dominique Pérez
Area ^1	14.87 km^2 (5.74 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,029
• Density	69/km^2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16101 /16440
Elevation	50–148 m (164–486 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 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 543 —     1800 543 +0.0% 1806 484 −10.9% 1821 464 −4.1% 1831 565 +21.8% 1841 601 +6.4% 1846 548 −8.8% 1851 536 −2.2% 1856 509 −5.0% 1861 534 +4.9% 1866 549 +2.8% 1872 508 −7.5% 1876 485 −4.5% 1881 427 −12.0% 1886 384 −10.1% 1891 437 +13.8% 1896 403 −7.8%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 427 +6.0% 1906 425 −0.5% 1911 444 +4.5% 1921 422 −5.0% 1926 382 −9.5% 1931 410 +7.3% 1936 379 −7.6% 1946 402 +6.1% 1954 447 +11.2% 1962 516 +15.4% 1968 512 −0.8% 1975 542 +5.9% 1982 672 +24.0% 1990 816 +21.4% 1999 746 −8.6% 2008 898 +20.4%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

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