Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente

Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente
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Coordinates: 45°40′33″N 0°07′41″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Gond-Pontouvre
Intercommunality	Grand Angoulême
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Jacques Fournié[1]
Area ^1	14.65 km^2 (5.66 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	7,525
• Density	510/km^2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16358 /16710
Elevation	27–103 m (89–338 ft) (avg. 175 m or 574 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃tiʁje syʁ ʃaʁɑ̃t]; Occitan: Sent Iriès de Charanta) is a commune in the Charente department, southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 597 —     1800 698 +2.26% 1806 678 −0.48% 1821 776 +0.90% 1831 812 +0.45% 1841 804 −0.10% 1846 878 +1.78% 1851 841 −0.86% 1856 878 +0.86% 1861 916 +0.85% 1866 937 +0.45% 1872 918 −0.34% 1876 923 +0.14% 1881 1,178 +5.00% 1886 1,316 +2.24% 1891 1,500 +2.65% 1896 1,471 −0.39% 1901 1,577 +1.40%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 1,705 +1.57% 1911 1,817 +1.28% 1921 1,827 +0.05% 1926 1,873 +0.50% 1931 2,018 +1.50% 1936 2,206 +1.80% 1946 2,749 +2.22% 1954 2,907 +0.70% 1962 3,078 +0.72% 1968 3,531 +2.31% 1975 4,035 +1.92% 1982 5,317 +4.02% 1990 6,436 +2.42% 1999 6,373 −0.11% 2007 6,960 +1.11% 2012 7,124 +0.47% 2017 7,274 +0.42%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE