Chalais, Charente

Chalais
Chateau
Coat of arms
Chalais
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Chalais
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Chalais
Intercommunality	Pays de Chalais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Maury
Area1	17.58 km2 (6.79 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,910
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16073 / 16210
Elevation	35–130 m (115–427 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	456	—
1800	382	−16.2%
1806	468	+22.5%
1821	476	+1.7%
1831	549	+15.3%
1841	616	+12.2%
1846	613	−0.5%
1851	654	+6.7%
1856	703	+7.5%
1861	714	+1.6%
1866	740	+3.6%
1872	775	+4.7%
1876	831	+7.2%
1881	907	+9.1%
1886	912	+0.6%
1891	850	−6.8%
1896	888	+4.5%
1901	895	+0.8%
1906	966	+7.9%
1911	932	−3.5%
1921	845	−9.3%
1926	856	+1.3%
1931	838	−2.1%
1936	900	+7.4%
1946	1,746	+94.0%
1954	1,643	−5.9%
1962	1,703	+3.7%
1968	1,834	+7.7%
1975	2,538	+38.4%
1982	2,204	−13.2%
1990	2,172	−1.5%
1999	2,032	−6.4%
2008	1,910	−6.0%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE