Bignay, Charente-Maritime

Bignay
Commune
The town hall in Bignay
Location of Bignay
Bignay Bignay
Coordinates: 45°55′01″N 0°36′00″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Canton	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Intercommunality	Vals de Saintonge
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Joël Touzet
Area 1	8.73 km2 (3.37 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	369
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17046 /17400
Elevation	14–86 m (46–282 ft) (avg. 37 m or 121 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bignay is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 416 —     1800 482 +15.9% 1806 490 +1.7% 1821 457 −6.7% 1831 517 +13.1% 1836 517 +0.0% 1841 478 −7.5% 1846 478 +0.0% 1851 468 −2.1% 1856 442 −5.6% 1861 483 +9.3% 1866 488 +1.0% 1872 482 −1.2% 1876 469 −2.7% 1881 453 −3.4% 1886 431 −4.9% 1891 418 −3.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 389 −6.9% 1901 338 −13.1% 1906 328 −3.0% 1911 332 +1.2% 1921 287 −13.6% 1926 304 +5.9% 1931 270 −11.2% 1936 269 −0.4% 1946 239 −11.2% 1954 258 +7.9% 1962 247 −4.3% 1968 237 −4.0% 1975 194 −18.1% 1982 244 +25.8% 1990 312 +27.9% 1999 321 +2.9% 2008 405 +26.2%

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department