Châtignac

Châtignac
Town hall
Châtignac
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Châtignac
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Brossac
Intercommunality	3B - Sud-Charente
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Yves Ambaud
Area1	9.75 km2 (3.76 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	207
• Density	21/km2 (55/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16091 / 16480
Elevation	71–190 m (233–623 ft) (avg. 179 m or 587 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	484	—
1800	434	−10.3%
1806	392	−9.7%
1821	421	+7.4%
1831	498	+18.3%
1841	526	+5.6%
1846	578	+9.9%
1851	511	−11.6%
1856	490	−4.1%
1861	458	−6.5%
1866	451	−1.5%
1872	426	−5.5%
1876	400	−6.1%
1881	422	+5.5%
1886	422	+0.0%
1891	379	−10.2%
1896	361	−4.7%
1901	360	−0.3%
1906	328	−8.9%
1911	302	−7.9%
1921	263	−12.9%
1926	279	+6.1%
1931	230	−17.6%
1936	237	+3.0%
1946	205	−13.5%
1954	222	+8.3%
1962	210	−5.4%
1968	191	−9.0%
1975	181	−5.2%
1982	158	−12.7%
1990	143	−9.5%
1999	185	+29.4%
2008	207	+11.9%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE