Médis

Médis
Coat of arms
Médis
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Médis
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saintes
Canton	Saujon
Intercommunality	Royan Atlantique
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marie-Laure Guénantin
Area1	23.46 km2 (9.06 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	2,661
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17228 / 17600
Elevation	0–39 m (0–128 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	941	—
1800	768	−18.4%
1806	692	−9.9%
1821	842	+21.7%
1831	1,005	+19.4%
1836	1,033	+2.8%
1841	1,000	−3.2%
1846	978	−2.2%
1851	952	−2.7%
1856	949	−0.3%
1861	894	−5.8%
1866	882	−1.3%
1872	851	−3.5%
1876	828	−2.7%
1881	810	−2.2%
1886	792	−2.2%
1891	779	−1.6%
1896	735	−5.6%
1901	762	+3.7%
1906	772	+1.3%
1911	737	−4.5%
1921	694	−5.8%
1926	720	+3.7%
1931	729	+1.2%
1936	800	+9.7%
1946	701	−12.4%
1954	863	+23.1%
1962	968	+12.2%
1968	1,128	+16.5%
1975	1,450	+28.5%
1982	1,663	+14.7%
1990	1,965	+18.2%
1999	2,158	+9.8%
2008	2,661	+23.3%

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official site