Chaniers

Chaniers
Commune
The church in Chaniers
Coat of arms
Location of Chaniers
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Coordinates: 45°43′08″N 0°33′21″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saintes
Canton	Chaniers
Intercommunality	CA Saintes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Éric Pannaud (DVD)
Area 1	26.53 km2 (10.24 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	3,651
• Density	137.6/km2 (356.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17086 /17610
Elevation	2–74 m (6.6–242.8 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chaniers (French pronunciation: [ʃanje]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,387	—
1800	2,122	−1.67%
1806	1,922	−1.64%
1821	2,532	+1.85%
1831	2,719	+0.72%
1836	2,733	+0.10%
1841	2,530	−1.53%
1846	2,522	−0.06%
1851	2,611	+0.70%
1856	2,556	−0.42%
1861	2,563	+0.05%
1866	2,565	+0.02%
1872	2,309	−1.74%
1876	2,233	−0.83%
1881	2,151	−0.75%
1886	2,260	+0.99%
1891	2,115	−1.32%
1896	2,029	−0.83%
1901	2,003	−0.26%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	2,004	+0.01%
1911	1,910	−0.96%
1921	1,809	−0.54%
1926	1,732	−0.87%
1931	1,694	−0.44%
1936	1,723	+0.34%
1946	1,934	+1.16%
1954	1,955	+0.14%
1962	2,022	+0.42%
1968	2,255	+1.83%
1975	2,750	+2.88%
1982	2,960	+1.06%
1990	3,086	+0.52%
1999	3,231	+0.51%
2007	3,355	+0.47%
2012	3,502	+0.86%
2017	3,590	+0.50%
2023	3,651	+0.28%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

External links

• Media related to Chaniers at Wikimedia Commons