Mérignac, Charente

Mérignac
Town hall
Mérignac
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Mérignac
Coordinates: 45°41′59″N 0°04′45″W / 45.6997°N 0.0792°WCoordinates: 45°41′59″N 0°04′45″W / 45.6997°N 0.0792°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Jarnac
Intercommunality	Jarnac
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Guy Rougier
Area^1	18.51 km^2 (7.15 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	700
• Density	38/km^2 (98/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	16216 / 16200
Elevation	23–101 m (75–331 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,111	—
1800	1,290	+16.1%
1806	1,297	+0.5%
1821	1,385	+6.8%
1831	1,302	−6.0%
1841	1,221	−6.2%
1846	1,290	+5.7%
1851	1,249	−3.2%
1856	1,309	+4.8%
1861	1,332	+1.8%
1866	1,314	−1.4%
1872	1,212	−7.8%
1876	1,133	−6.5%
1881	1,088	−4.0%
1886	1,008	−7.4%
1891	938	−6.9%
1896	860	−8.3%
1901	859	−0.1%
1906	843	−1.9%
1911	847	+0.5%
1921	832	−1.8%
1926	828	−0.5%
1931	830	+0.2%
1936	844	+1.7%
1946	735	−12.9%
1954	783	+6.5%
1962	763	−2.6%
1968	747	−2.1%
1975	806	+7.9%
1982	728	−9.7%
1990	751	+3.2%
1999	716	−4.7%
2008	700	−2.2%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE