Édon

Édon
Édon
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Édon
Administration
Country	France
Region	Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Villebois-Lavalette
Intercommunality	Horte et Lavalette
Mayor	Patrice Petit (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	85–227 m (279–745 ft) (avg. 153 m or 502 ft)
Land area1	16.49 km2 (6.37 sq mi)
Population2	252  (2008)
- Density	15 /km2 (39 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16125/ 16320
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 of Édon

Year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1841	1846	1851	1856	1861
Population	800	799	727	796	815	854	871	874	873	810

Year	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906	1911
Population	715	660	665	623	612	554	531	505	562	560

Year	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982
Population	402	384	384	348	303	294	278	284	256	286

Year	1990	1999	2008
Population	306	224	252

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE