Édon

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Édon
Édon
Coordinates: 45°29′22″N 0°21′18″E / 45.4894°N 0.355°E / 45.4894; 0.355Coordinates: 45°29′22″N 0°21′18″E / 45.4894°N 0.355°E / 45.4894; 0.355
Country France
Region Poitou-Charentes
Department Charente
Arrondissement Angoulême
Canton Villebois-Lavalette
Intercommunality Horte et Lavalette
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Patrice Petit
Area
 • Land1 16.49 km2 (6.37 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Population2 252
 • Population2 Density 15/km2 (40/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 16125 / 16320
Elevation 85–227 m (279–745 ft)
(avg. 153 m or 502 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.

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

Geography

The Lizonne (locally called Nizonne) forms the commune's southeastern border.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1793 800—    
1800 799−0.1%
1806 727−9.0%
1821 796+9.5%
1831 815+2.4%
1841 854+4.8%
1846 871+2.0%
1851 874+0.3%
1856 873−0.1%
1861 810−7.2%
1866 715−11.7%
1872 660−7.7%
1876 665+0.8%
1881 623−6.3%
1886 612−1.8%
1891 554−9.5%
1896 531−4.2%
1901 505−4.9%
1906 562+11.3%
1911 560−0.4%
1921 402−28.2%
1926 384−4.5%
1931 384+0.0%
1936 348−9.4%
1946 303−12.9%
1954 294−3.0%
1962 278−5.4%
1968 284+2.2%
1975 256−9.9%
1982 286+11.7%
1990 306+7.0%
1999 224−26.8%
2008 252+12.5%

See also

References

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