Montchaude

Montchaude is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Montmérac.[2]

Montchaude
Part of Montmérac
Town hall
Location of Montchaude
Montchaude Montchaude
Coordinates: 45°26′55″N 0°11′59″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Charente-Sud
Commune	Montmérac
Area ^1	14.18 km^2 (5.47 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	496
• Density	35/km^2 (91/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	16300
Elevation	61–147 m (200–482 ft) (avg. 145 m or 476 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	1,016	—
1800	1,022	+0.6%
1806	1,047	+2.4%
1821	1,000	−4.5%
1831	933	−6.7%
1841	909	−2.6%
1846	862	−5.2%
1851	871	+1.0%
1856	850	−2.4%
1861	805	−5.3%
1866	817	+1.5%
1872	766	−6.2%
1876	745	−2.7%
1881	721	−3.2%
1886	673	−6.7%
1891	623	−7.4%
1896	624	+0.2%
1901	602	−3.5%
1906	620	+3.0%
1911	590	−4.8%
1921	519	−12.0%
1926	507	−2.3%
1931	503	−0.8%
1936	478	−5.0%
1946	456	−4.6%
1954	429	−5.9%
1962	420	−2.1%
1968	395	−6.0%
1975	441	+11.6%
1982	454	+2.9%
1990	463	+2.0%
1999	515	+11.2%
2008	518	+0.6%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
2. Charente, Six communes nouvelles en Charente à compter du 1er janvier 2016 (in French)