Saint-Porchaire

Saint-Porchaire
Coat of arms
Saint-Porchaire
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Saint-Porchaire
Coordinates: 45°49′18″N 0°47′07″W / 45.8217°N 0.7853°WCoordinates: 45°49′18″N 0°47′07″W / 45.8217°N 0.7853°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saintes
Canton	Saint-Porchaire
Intercommunality	Charente-Arnoult-Cœur de Saintonge
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Grenon
Area^1	17.40 km^2 (6.72 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	1,602
• Density	92/km^2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	17387 / 17250
Elevation	7–54 m (23–177 ft) (avg. 23 m or 75 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	806	—
1800	800	−0.7%
1806	673	−15.9%
1821	904	+34.3%
1831	949	+5.0%
1836	1,034	+9.0%
1841	1,112	+7.5%
1846	1,202	+8.1%
1851	1,201	−0.1%
1856	1,277	+6.3%
1861	1,240	−2.9%
1866	1,202	−3.1%
1872	1,157	−3.7%
1876	1,186	+2.5%
1881	1,202	+1.3%
1886	1,212	+0.8%
1891	1,147	−5.4%
1896	1,148	+0.1%
1901	1,170	+1.9%
1906	1,206	+3.1%
1911	1,222	+1.3%
1921	1,014	−17.0%
1926	960	−5.3%
1931	927	−3.4%
1936	960	+3.6%
1946	932	−2.9%
1954	933	+0.1%
1962	1,022	+9.5%
1968	1,087	+6.4%
1975	1,120	+3.0%
1982	1,221	+9.0%
1990	1,289	+5.6%
1999	1,335	+3.6%
2008	1,602	+20.0%

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE