Montjean, Charente

Montjean
Town hall
Montjean
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Montjean
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Villefagnan
Intercommunality	Pays de Villefagnan
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Louis Caillet
Area1	8.01 km2 (3.09 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	261
• Density	33/km2 (84/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16229 / 16240
Elevation	113–149 m (371–489 ft) (avg. 157 m or 515 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	614	—
1800	627	+2.1%
1806	663	+5.7%
1821	641	−3.3%
1831	660	+3.0%
1841	688	+4.2%
1846	700	+1.7%
1851	707	+1.0%
1856	686	−3.0%
1861	660	−3.8%
1866	634	−3.9%
1872	607	−4.3%
1876	571	−5.9%
1881	565	−1.1%
1886	526	−6.9%
1891	513	−2.5%
1896	500	−2.5%
1901	489	−2.2%
1906	467	−4.5%
1911	437	−6.4%
1921	417	−4.6%
1926	411	−1.4%
1931	400	−2.7%
1936	375	−6.2%
1946	340	−9.3%
1954	333	−2.1%
1962	318	−4.5%
1968	322	+1.3%
1975	297	−7.8%
1982	291	−2.0%
1990	272	−6.5%
1999	262	−3.7%
2008	261	−0.4%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE