Écoyeux

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Écoyeux
Chateau, now the town hall
Écoyeux
Coordinates: 45°49′23″N 0°30′21″W / 45.8231°N 0.5058°W / 45.8231; -0.5058Coordinates: 45°49′23″N 0°30′21″W / 45.8231°N 0.5058°W / 45.8231; -0.5058
Country France
Region Poitou-Charentes
Department Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement Saintes
Canton Burie
Intercommunality Canton de Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Christian Grelet
Area
  Land1 20.34 km2 (7.85 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Population2 1,178
  Population2 Density 58/km2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 17147 / 17770
Elevation 43–94 m (141–308 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.

Écoyeux is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1891 980    
1896 905−7.7%
1901 902−0.3%
1906 938+4.0%
1911 887−5.4%
1921 818−7.8%
1926 814−0.5%
1931 780−4.2%
1936 764−2.1%
1946 778+1.8%
1954 717−7.8%
1962 613−14.5%
1968 650+6.0%
1975 623−4.2%
1982 685+10.0%
1990 804+17.4%
1999 940+16.9%
2008 1,178+25.3%

The inhabitants of Écoyeux are known as Écoziliens.

See also

References

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