Soyaux

Soyaux
Commune
Town hall
Location of Soyaux
Soyaux Soyaux
Coordinates: 45°38′29″N 0°11′55″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Angoulême-3
Intercommunality	Grand Angoulême
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	François Nebout
Area 1	12.76 km2 (4.93 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	9,995
• Density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16374 /16800
Elevation	56–166 m (184–545 ft) (avg. 161 m or 528 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Soyaux (pronounced [so'jo]) is a commune in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	486	—
1800	496	+2.1%
1806	517	+4.2%
1821	474	−8.3%
1831	568	+19.8%
1841	605	+6.5%
1846	676	+11.7%
1851	654	−3.3%
1856	615	−6.0%
1861	653	+6.2%
1866	700	+7.2%
1872	730	+4.3%
1876	793	+8.6%
1881	1,061	+33.8%
1886	1,311	+23.6%
1891	1,447	+10.4%
1896	1,515	+4.7%
1901	1,514	−0.1%
1906	1,540	+1.7%
1911	1,630	+5.8%
1921	1,681	+3.1%
1926	1,836	+9.2%
1931	2,075	+13.0%
1936	2,282	+10.0%
1946	2,698	+18.2%
1954	2,959	+9.7%
1962	6,588	+122.6%
1968	11,680	+77.3%
1975	12,717	+8.9%
1982	10,903	−14.3%
1990	10,353	−5.0%
1999	10,180	−1.7%
2008	10,289	+1.1%

Sights

• Sentier botanique de Soyaux

See also

• Communes of the Charente department
• ASJ Soyaux

Twin town

Soyaux is twinned with

• Monifieth, Angus, United Kingdom (1994)

References

• INSEE