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Location within Poitou-Charentes region
Arces
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| Country | France |
| Region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Saintes |
| Canton | Cozes |
| Intercommunality | Royan Atlantique |
| Mayor | Yves Pérochain (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 0–55 m (0–180 ft) |
| Land area1 | 21.74 km2 (8.39 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 615 (2008) |
| - Density | 28 /km2 (73 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 17015/ 17120 |
| 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. | |
Arces is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.
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| Year | 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1841 | 1846 | 1851 | 1856 |
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| Population | 1025 | 992 | 1066 | 923 | 1117 | 1043 | 1019 | 1048 | 1045 | 1012 |
| Year | 1861 | 1866 | 1872 | 1876 | 1881 | 1886 | 1891 | 1896 | 1901 | 1906 |
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| Population | 927 | 943 | 832 | 839 | 779 | 791 | 731 | 681 | 673 | 671 |
| Year | 1911 | 1921 | 1926 | 1931 | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 |
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| Population | 593 | 539 | 539 | 555 | 514 | 474 | 503 | 511 | 484 | 423 |
| Year | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 430 | 485 | 560 | 615 |
The commune of Arces Dilo was formed in 1977 by the union of the former communes of Arces and Dilo.
(Deilocus "a place dedicated to God")
Dilo owes its origin to a Premonstratensian abbey (the Abbaye Notre-Dame de Dilo) founded in 1132 and enriched by many generous donations. The monks there developed an iron and steel works. During his exile in France to Pontigny, Thomas Becket (called St. Thomas of Canterbury) stayed at Dilo, where he consecrated the church in 1168.
The Chapel of Saint-Cartault, blessed and dedicated to worship in 1692, in the oldest parish church.