Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente

Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente
Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente
Coordinates: 45°40′33″N 0°07′41″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Gond-Pontouvre
Intercommunality	Grand Angoulême
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Jacques Fournié
Area 1	14.65 km2 (5.66 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	7,525
• Density	510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16358 /16710
Elevation	27–103 m (89–338 ft) (avg. 175 m or 574 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃tiʁje syʁ ʃaʁɑ̃t]; Occitan: Sent Iriès de Charanta) is a commune in the Charente department, southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 597 —     1800 698 +2.26% 1806 678 −0.48% 1821 776 +0.90% 1831 812 +0.45% 1841 804 −0.10% 1846 878 +1.78% 1851 841 −0.86% 1856 878 +0.86% 1861 916 +0.85% 1866 937 +0.45% 1872 918 −0.34% 1876 923 +0.14% 1881 1,178 +5.00% 1886 1,316 +2.24% 1891 1,500 +2.65% 1896 1,471 −0.39% 1901 1,577 +1.40%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 1,705 +1.57% 1911 1,817 +1.28% 1921 1,827 +0.05% 1926 1,873 +0.50% 1931 2,018 +1.50% 1936 2,206 +1.80% 1946 2,749 +2.22% 1954 2,907 +0.70% 1962 3,078 +0.72% 1968 3,531 +2.31% 1975 4,035 +1.92% 1982 5,317 +4.02% 1990 6,436 +2.42% 1999 6,373 −0.11% 2007 6,960 +1.11% 2012 7,124 +0.47% 2017 7,274 +0.42%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Charente department