Cherves-Richemont

Cherves-Richemont
Town hall
Coat of arms
Cherves-Richemont
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Cherves-Richemont
Coordinates: 45°44′39″N 0°21′07″W / 45.7442°N 0.3519°WCoordinates: 45°44′39″N 0°21′07″W / 45.7442°N 0.3519°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Cognac-Nord
Intercommunality	Cognac
Government
• Mayor (2006–2008)	Alain Riffaud
Area^1	37.94 km^2 (14.65 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	2,420
• Density	64/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	16097 / 16370
Elevation	5–73 m (16–240 ft) (avg. 28 m or 92 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Cherves-Richemont is a French commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Cherves

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1800	985	—
1841	1,523	+54.6%
1866	2,120	+39.2%
1886	1,813	−14.5%
1901	2,355	+29.9%
1921	1,759	−25.3%
1936	1,565	−11.0%
1954	1,854	+18.5%
1962	2,082	+12.3%
1968	2,093	+0.5%

Richemont

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1800	163	—
1841	289	+77.3%
1866	412	+42.6%
1886	382	−7.3%
1901	420	+9.9%
1921	323	−23.1%
1936	355	+9.9%
1954	317	−10.7%
1962	296	−6.6%
1968	272	−8.1%

Cherves-Richemont

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1975	2,602	—
1982	2,665	+2.4%
1990	2,528	−5.1%
1999	2,447	−3.2%
2008	2,420	−1.1%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE