Challignac

Challignac
Challignac
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Challignac
Coordinates: 45°24′57″N 0°04′51″W / 45.4158°N 0.0808°WCoordinates: 45°24′57″N 0°04′51″W / 45.4158°N 0.0808°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire
Intercommunality	3B - Sud-Charente
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Guy Waye
Area^1	13.21 km^2 (5.10 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	299
• Density	23/km^2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	16074 / 16300
Elevation	57–133 m (187–436 ft) (avg. 102 m or 335 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Challignac is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	796	—
1800	680	−14.6%
1806	709	+4.3%
1821	760	+7.2%
1831	741	−2.5%
1841	755	+1.9%
1846	754	−0.1%
1851	712	−5.6%
1856	726	+2.0%
1861	713	−1.8%
1866	617	−13.5%
1872	613	−0.6%
1876	584	−4.7%
1881	602	+3.1%
1886	592	−1.7%
1891	519	−12.3%
1896	503	−3.1%
1901	482	−4.2%
1906	480	−0.4%
1911	468	−2.5%
1921	441	−5.8%
1926	417	−5.4%
1931	420	+0.7%
1936	390	−7.1%
1946	377	−3.3%
1954	384	+1.9%
1962	367	−4.4%
1968	344	−6.3%
1975	257	−25.3%
1982	288	+12.1%
1990	327	+13.5%
1999	313	−4.3%
2008	299	−4.5%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE