Bois, Charente-Maritime

Bois
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Bois
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Bois
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Jonzac
Canton	Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Annie Métoyer
Area1	21.12 km2 (8.15 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	496
• Density	23/km2 (61/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17050 / 17240
Elevation	29–59 m (95–194 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	902	—
1800	865	−4.1%
1806	878	+1.5%
1821	845	−3.8%
1831	954	+12.9%
1836	895	−6.2%
1841	890	−0.6%
1846	894	+0.4%
1851	890	−0.4%
1856	906	+1.8%
1861	918	+1.3%
1866	879	−4.2%
1872	825	−6.1%
1876	852	+3.3%
1881	800	−6.1%
1886	764	−4.5%
1891	726	−5.0%
1896	680	−6.3%
1901	645	−5.1%
1906	622	−3.6%
1911	622	+0.0%
1921	579	−6.9%
1926	536	−7.4%
1931	545	+1.7%
1936	590	+8.3%
1946	588	−0.3%
1954	578	−1.7%
1962	472	−18.3%
1968	473	+0.2%
1975	459	−3.0%
1982	456	−0.7%
1990	427	−6.4%
1999	430	+0.7%
2008	496	+15.3%

International relations

Bois is twinned with:

• Treat, Algeria
• Tát, Hungary
• Domino, California

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE