Saint-Claud

Saint-Claud is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Saint-Claud
Commune
Market place
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Claud
Saint-Claud Saint-Claud
Coordinates: 45°53′46″N 0°27′56″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Bonnieure
Intercommunality	Charente Limousine
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Dubuisson
Area ^1	26.75 km^2 (10.33 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,057
• Density	40/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16308 /16450
Elevation	107–222 m (351–728 ft) (avg. 144 m or 472 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The small commune is located northeast of Angoulême.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,985 —     1800 2,800 +41.1% 1806 1,860 −33.6% 1821 1,550 −16.7% 1831 1,995 +28.7% 1841 2,115 +6.0% 1846 2,108 −0.3% 1851 2,103 −0.2% 1856 2,041 −2.9% 1861 1,881 −7.8% 1866 1,938 +3.0% 1872 1,770 −8.7% 1876 1,822 +2.9% 1881 1,915 +5.1% 1886 1,872 −2.2% 1891 1,805 −3.6% 1896 1,806 +0.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 1,729 −4.3% 1906 1,740 +0.6% 1911 1,652 −5.1% 1921 1,498 −9.3% 1926 1,525 +1.8% 1931 1,413 −7.3% 1936 1,394 −1.3% 1946 1,247 −10.5% 1954 1,140 −8.6% 1962 1,093 −4.1% 1968 1,051 −3.8% 1975 1,004 −4.5% 1982 1,128 +12.4% 1990 1,128 +0.0% 1999 1,062 −5.9% 2008 1,099 +3.5%

Personalities

The commune is partly the ancestral home of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911 (Laurier's ancestor was François Cottineau, who left his home named Champlaurier, located between the villages of Saint-Claud and Nieuil, for New France in 1677 as the member of the Régiment de Carignan-Salières). It was also the birthplace of the phonetician Jean-Pierre Rousselot.

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

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