Champniers, Charente

Champniers
Commune
The church in Champniers
Coat of arms
Location of Champniers
Champniers Champniers
Coordinates: 45°42′57″N 0°12′23″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Gond-Pontouvre
Intercommunality	Braconne et Charente
Government
• Mayor (2009–2014)	Jeanne Filloux
Area 1	45.29 km2 (17.49 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	5,193
• Density	110/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16078 /16430
Elevation	31–163 m (102–535 ft) (avg. 112 m or 367 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	3,879	—
1800	4,233	+9.1%
1806	4,404	+4.0%
1821	4,132	−6.2%
1831	4,554	+10.2%
1841	4,062	−10.8%
1846	4,128	+1.6%
1851	4,102	−0.6%
1856	3,848	−6.2%
1861	3,648	−5.2%
1866	3,560	−2.4%
1872	3,388	−4.8%
1876	3,362	−0.8%
1881	3,255	−3.2%
1886	2,934	−9.9%
1891	2,846	−3.0%
1896	2,730	−4.1%
1901	2,719	−0.4%
1906	2,595	−4.6%
1911	2,626	+1.2%
1921	2,337	−11.0%
1926	2,313	−1.0%
1931	2,333	+0.9%
1936	2,431	+4.2%
1946	2,277	−6.3%
1954	2,383	+4.7%
1962	2,613	+9.7%
1968	2,762	+5.7%
1975	3,493	+26.5%
1982	4,094	+17.2%
1990	4,358	+6.4%
1999	4,605	+5.7%
2008	5,091	+10.6%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE