Échallat

Échallat
Commune
Town hall
Location of Échallat
Échallat Échallat
Coordinates: 45°43′26″N 0°02′21″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Val de Nouère
Intercommunality	Rouillacais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Briand
Area 1	15.14 km2 (5.85 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	477
• Density	32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16123 /16170
Elevation	50–149 m (164–489 ft) (avg. 89 m or 292 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Échallat (French pronunciation: [eʃala]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,036 —     1800 1,046 +1.0% 1806 1,043 −0.3% 1821 1,059 +1.5% 1831 816 −22.9% 1841 843 +3.3% 1846 899 +6.6% 1851 855 −4.9% 1856 850 −0.6% 1861 865 +1.8% 1866 895 +3.5% 1872 872 −2.6% 1876 822 −5.7% 1881 768 −6.6% 1886 679 −11.6% 1891 637 −6.2% 1896 611 −4.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 600 −1.8% 1906 575 −4.2% 1911 567 −1.4% 1921 535 −5.6% 1926 520 −2.8% 1931 516 −0.8% 1936 499 −3.3% 1946 502 +0.6% 1954 517 +3.0% 1962 454 −12.2% 1968 402 −11.5% 1975 400 −0.5% 1982 407 +1.8% 1990 426 +4.7% 1999 421 −1.2% 2008 460 +9.3%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department