Soyaux

Soyaux (pronounced [so'jo]) is a commune in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

Soyaux
Commune
Town hall
Location of Soyaux
Soyaux Soyaux
Coordinates: 45°38′29″N 0°11′55″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Angoulême-3
Intercommunality	Grand Angoulême
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	François Nebout
Area ^1	12.76 km^2 (4.93 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2017)[1]	9,351
• Density	730/km^2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16374 /16800
Elevation	56–166 m (184–545 ft) (avg. 161 m or 528 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 486 —     1800 496 +2.1% 1806 517 +4.2% 1821 474 −8.3% 1831 568 +19.8% 1841 605 +6.5% 1846 676 +11.7% 1851 654 −3.3% 1856 615 −6.0% 1861 653 +6.2% 1866 700 +7.2% 1872 730 +4.3% 1876 793 +8.6% 1881 1,061 +33.8% 1886 1,311 +23.6% 1891 1,447 +10.4% 1896 1,515 +4.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 1,514 −0.1% 1906 1,540 +1.7% 1911 1,630 +5.8% 1921 1,681 +3.1% 1926 1,836 +9.2% 1931 2,075 +13.0% 1936 2,282 +10.0% 1946 2,698 +18.2% 1954 2,959 +9.7% 1962 6,588 +122.6% 1968 11,680 +77.3% 1975 12,717 +8.9% 1982 10,903 −14.3% 1990 10,353 −5.0% 1999 10,180 −1.7% 2008 10,289 +1.1%

Sights

• Sentier botanique de Soyaux

See also

• Communes of the Charente department
• ASJ Soyaux

Twin town

Soyaux is twinned with Monifieth, Angus, Scotland since 1994.

References

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