Merpins

Merpins
Town hall
Merpins
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Merpins
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Cognac-Sud
Intercommunality	Cognac
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gilles Bonnet
Area1	10.46 km2 (4.04 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,028
• Density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16217 / 16100
Elevation	2–33 m (6.6–108.3 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 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.

Merpins is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	502	—
1800	501	−0.2%
1806	511	+2.0%
1821	523	+2.3%
1831	543	+3.8%
1841	634	+16.8%
1846	630	−0.6%
1851	720	+14.3%
1856	729	+1.2%
1861	730	+0.1%
1866	730	+0.0%
1872	711	−2.6%
1876	719	+1.1%
1881	649	−9.7%
1886	652	+0.5%
1891	684	+4.9%
1896	717	+4.8%
1901	738	+2.9%
1906	725	−1.8%
1911	719	−0.8%
1921	578	−19.6%
1926	613	+6.1%
1931	652	+6.4%
1936	594	−8.9%
1946	641	+7.9%
1954	704	+9.8%
1962	681	−3.3%
1968	832	+22.2%
1975	895	+7.6%
1982	953	+6.5%
1990	1,025	+7.6%
1999	938	−8.5%
2008	1,028	+9.6%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE