La Benâte

La Benâte is a former commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Essouvert.[2]

La Benâte
Part of Essouvert
Location of La Benâte
La Benâte La Benâte
Coordinates: 46°00′47″N 0°34′14″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Canton	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Commune	Essouvert
Area ^1	11.07 km^2 (4.27 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	420
• Density	38/km^2 (98/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	17400
Elevation	38–109 m (125–358 ft) (avg. 67 m or 220 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	401	—
1800	400	−0.2%
1806	440	+10.0%
1821	435	−1.1%
1831	501	+15.2%
1836	541	+8.0%
1841	548	+1.3%
1846	560	+2.2%
1851	567	+1.2%
1856	548	−3.4%
1861	611	+11.5%
1866	591	−3.3%
1872	620	+4.9%
1876	604	−2.6%
1881	561	−7.1%
1886	502	−10.5%
1891	462	−8.0%
1896	454	−1.7%
1901	418	−7.9%
1906	441	+5.5%
1911	435	−1.4%
1921	396	−9.0%
1926	375	−5.3%
1931	358	−4.5%
1936	353	−1.4%
1946	347	−1.7%
1954	355	+2.3%
1962	340	−4.2%
1968	316	−7.1%
1975	259	−18.0%
1982	288	+11.2%
1990	354	+22.9%
1999	402	+13.6%
2008	412	+2.5%

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 6 November 2015 (in French)