Xambes

Xambes
Notre-Dame church
Xambes
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Xambes
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Saint-Amant-de-Boixe
Intercommunality	Boixe
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Louis Stasiak
Area1	5.25 km2 (2.03 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	302
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16423 / 16330
Elevation	65–133 m (213–436 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	547	—
1800	576	+5.3%
1806	568	−1.4%
1821	606	+6.7%
1831	621	+2.5%
1841	622	+0.2%
1846	666	+7.1%
1851	626	−6.0%
1856	579	−7.5%
1861	590	+1.9%
1866	587	−0.5%
1872	608	+3.6%
1876	544	−10.5%
1881	489	−10.1%
1886	406	−17.0%
1891	356	−12.3%
1896	342	−3.9%
1901	324	−5.3%
1906	343	+5.9%
1911	376	+9.6%
1921	326	−13.3%
1926	320	−1.8%
1931	306	−4.4%
1936	316	+3.3%
1946	328	+3.8%
1954	298	−9.1%
1962	289	−3.0%
1968	300	+3.8%
1975	284	−5.3%
1982	297	+4.6%
1990	320	+7.7%
1999	320	+0.0%
2008	302	−5.6%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE