Champniers, Charente

Champniers (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃pnje] or [ʃɑ̃nje]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Champniers
Commune
The church in Champniers
Coat of arms
Location of Champniers
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Coordinates: 45°42′57″N 0°12′23″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Gond-Pontouvre
Intercommunality	CA Grand Angoulême
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michaël Laville[1]
Area 1	45.29 km2 (17.49 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	5,193
• Density	110/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16078 /16430
Elevation	31–163 m (102–535 ft) (avg. 112 m or 367 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 3,879 —     1800 4,233 +1.26% 1806 4,404 +0.66% 1821 4,132 −0.42% 1831 4,554 +0.98% 1841 4,062 −1.14% 1846 4,128 +0.32% 1851 4,102 −0.13% 1856 3,848 −1.27% 1861 3,648 −1.06% 1866 3,560 −0.49% 1872 3,388 −0.82% 1876 3,362 −0.19% 1881 3,255 −0.64% 1886 2,934 −2.06% 1891 2,846 −0.61% 1896 2,730 −0.83% 1901 2,719 −0.08%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 2,595 −0.93% 1911 2,626 +0.24% 1921 2,337 −1.16% 1926 2,313 −0.21% 1931 2,333 +0.17% 1936 2,431 +0.83% 1946 2,277 −0.65% 1954 2,383 +0.57% 1962 2,613 +1.16% 1968 2,762 +0.93% 1975 3,493 +3.41% 1982 4,094 +2.29% 1990 4,358 +0.78% 1999 4,604 +0.61% 2007 5,001 +1.04% 2012 5,171 +0.67% 2017 5,151 −0.08%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Champniers, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE