Chenon

Chenon
Chateau
Chenon
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Chenon
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Mansle
Intercommunality	Pays Manslois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gilles Méral
Area1	10.48 km2 (4.05 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	157
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16095 / 16460
Elevation	70–118 m (230–387 ft) (avg. 113 m or 371 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	436	—
1800	478	+9.6%
1806	521	+9.0%
1821	560	+7.5%
1831	591	+5.5%
1841	507	−14.2%
1846	575	+13.4%
1851	523	−9.0%
1856	505	−3.4%
1861	504	−0.2%
1866	501	−0.6%
1872	428	−14.6%
1876	407	−4.9%
1881	389	−4.4%
1886	398	+2.3%
1891	395	−0.8%
1896	372	−5.8%
1901	346	−7.0%
1906	326	−5.8%
1911	326	+0.0%
1921	283	−13.2%
1926	327	+15.5%
1931	288	−11.9%
1936	294	+2.1%
1946	238	−19.0%
1954	243	+2.1%
1962	217	−10.7%
1968	202	−6.9%
1975	185	−8.4%
1982	178	−3.8%
1990	143	−19.7%
1999	149	+4.2%
2008	157	+5.4%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE