Canton of Archiac

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Canton of Archiac
Canton d'Archiac
Région Poitou-Charentes
Département Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement Jonzac
Chief town Archiac
Communes 17
Cantonal code 27 02
Councillor general
Population 6,148
(1999)
Area 195.24 km²
19,524 ha
Density 31.49/km²

The Canton of Archiac is a canton of the Charente-Maritime département, in France. its postcodes 17500 and 17520. The lowest point is 8 m at the commune of Celles, the highest point is at Saint-Eugène at 121 m, the average or the centre is 66 m. The leastly populated commune is Neulles with 139 and the most populated commune is Archiac with 864. The second mostly populated commune is Jarnac-Champagne with 727.

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[edit] Communes of Archiac

The canton of Archiac contains 13 communes and has 6,153 inhabitants.

Commune Population INSEE code Postal code
Allas-Champagne 184 17500 17006
Archiac 864 17520 17016
Arthenac 312 17520 17020
Brie-sous-Archiac 245 17520 17066
Celles 251 17520 17076
Cierzac 199 17520 17106
Germignac 531 17520 17175
Jarnac-Champagne 727 17520 17192
Lonzac 248 17520 17209
Neuillac 258 17520 17258
Neulles 139 17500 17259
Saint-Ciers-Champagne 367 17520 17316
Saint-Eugène 292 17520 17326
Saint-Germain-de-Vibrac 196 17500 17341
Sainte-Lheurine 455 17520 17355
Saint-Maigrin 526 17520 17357
Saint-Martial-sur-Né 354 17520 17364


[edit] Population history

Year Population Density
1962 6,453 -
1968 6,901 -
1975 6,482 -
1982 6,127 -
1990 6,184 -
1999 6,148 31.49/km²

The population grew until the 1968 census and dropped until 1982, the population dropped since 1975 with the exception between 1982 and 1999.

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The canton of Archiac has schools, lyceum or middle schools, gymnasia, churches, banks, parks and squares.

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