Champniers, Charente

Champniers
Commune
The church in Champniers
Coat of arms
Location of Champniers
Champniers Champniers
Coordinates: 45°42′57″N 0°12′23″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Gond-Pontouvre
Intercommunality	CA Grand Angoulême
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michaël Laville
Area 1	45.29 km2 (17.49 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	5,281
• Density	116.6/km2 (302.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16078 /16430
Elevation	31–163 m (102–535 ft) (avg. 112 m or 367 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Champniers (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃pnje] or [ʃɑ̃nje]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	3,879	—
1800	4,233	+1.26%
1806	4,404	+0.66%
1821	4,132	−0.42%
1831	4,554	+0.98%
1841	4,062	−1.14%
1846	4,128	+0.32%
1851	4,102	−0.13%
1856	3,848	−1.27%
1861	3,648	−1.06%
1866	3,560	−0.49%
1872	3,388	−0.82%
1876	3,362	−0.19%
1881	3,255	−0.64%
1886	2,934	−2.06%
1891	2,846	−0.61%
1896	2,730	−0.83%
1901	2,719	−0.08%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	2,595	−0.93%
1911	2,626	+0.24%
1921	2,337	−1.16%
1926	2,313	−0.21%
1931	2,333	+0.17%
1936	2,431	+0.83%
1946	2,277	−0.65%
1954	2,383	+0.57%
1962	2,613	+1.16%
1968	2,762	+0.93%
1975	3,493	+3.41%
1982	4,094	+2.29%
1990	4,358	+0.78%
1999	4,604	+0.61%
2007	5,001	+1.04%
2012	5,171	+0.67%
2017	5,151	−0.08%
2023	5,281	+0.42%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

See also

• Communes of the Charente department