Échallat

Échallat
Town hall
Échallat
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Échallat
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Hiersac
Intercommunality	Rouillacais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Laidet
Area1	15.14 km2 (5.85 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	460
• Density	30/km2 (79/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16123 / 16170
Elevation	50–149 m (164–489 ft) (avg. 89 m or 292 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,036	—
1800	1,046	+1.0%
1806	1,043	−0.3%
1821	1,059	+1.5%
1831	816	−22.9%
1841	843	+3.3%
1846	899	+6.6%
1851	855	−4.9%
1856	850	−0.6%
1861	865	+1.8%
1866	895	+3.5%
1872	872	−2.6%
1876	822	−5.7%
1881	768	−6.6%
1886	679	−11.6%
1891	637	−6.2%
1896	611	−4.1%
1901	600	−1.8%
1906	575	−4.2%
1911	567	−1.4%
1921	535	−5.6%
1926	520	−2.8%
1931	516	−0.8%
1936	499	−3.3%
1946	502	+0.6%
1954	517	+3.0%
1962	454	−12.2%
1968	402	−11.5%
1975	400	−0.5%
1982	407	+1.8%
1990	426	+4.7%
1999	421	−1.2%
2008	460	+9.3%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE