Saint-Médard, Charente

Saint-Médard
Saint-Médard
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Saint-Médard
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire
Intercommunality	Sud-Charente
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Danièle Boisseau
Area1	8.24 km2 (3.18 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	261
• Density	32/km2 (82/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16338 / 16300
Elevation	36–83 m (118–272 ft) (avg. 55 m or 180 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.

Saint-Médard is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	438	—
1800	440	+0.5%
1806	439	−0.2%
1821	464	+5.7%
1831	541	+16.6%
1841	490	−9.4%
1846	468	−4.5%
1851	447	−4.5%
1856	452	+1.1%
1861	449	−0.7%
1866	454	+1.1%
1872	427	−5.9%
1876	399	−6.6%
1881	375	−6.0%
1886	359	−4.3%
1891	324	−9.7%
1896	294	−9.3%
1901	288	−2.0%
1906	293	+1.7%
1911	324	+10.6%
1921	284	−12.3%
1926	270	−4.9%
1931	310	+14.8%
1936	263	−15.2%
1946	269	+2.3%
1954	280	+4.1%
1962	286	+2.1%
1968	264	−7.7%
1975	237	−10.2%
1982	257	+8.4%
1990	257	+0.0%
1999	271	+5.4%
2008	261	−3.7%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE