Chabanais

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Coordinates: 45°52′30″N 0°43′14″E / 45.875, 0.720555555556

Commune of Chabanais
Location
Chabanais (France)
Chabanais
Administration
Country France
Region Poitou-Charentes Poitou-Charentes
Department Charente Charente
Arrondissement Confolens
Canton Chabanais
(chef-lieu)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Haute-Charente
Mayor Michel Gealageas
(2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation 148 m–250 m
(avg. 156 m)
Land area¹ 15,01 km²
Population²
(1999)		 1 944
 - Density 129/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 16070/ 16150
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France
For the historical brothel in Paris, see Le Chabanais.

Chabanais (Chabanès in Occitan) is a municipality in western France in the department of Charente. The village had about 2000 inhabitants in 1999.

The Vienne River passes through Chabanais. The village is located in the Rochechouart crater, an ancient asteroid impact crater that eroded away and is not visible anymore.

Chabanais was struck by an F2 tornado on 5 May 1997.

[edit] Demographics

Change in Population
(Source : INSEE[1])
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2004
2 164 2 439 2 434 2 242 2 107 1 944 1 896
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting — residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.


[edit] References

  1. ^ Chabanais at the Insee

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 45°52′37″N, 0°43′17.6″E

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