CANTON OF ARCHIAC

'Canton of Archiac' '''Canton d'Archiac '''
Région	Poitou-Charentes
Département	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Jonzac
Chief town	Archiac
Communes	17
Cantonal code	27 02
Councillor general
Population	6,148 (1999)
Area	195.24 km² 19,524 ha
Density	31.49/km²

The 'Canton of Archiac' is a canton of the Charente-Maritime ''département'', in France. its postcodes 17500 and 17520. The lowest point is 8 m at the commune of Celles, the highest point is at Saint-Eugène at 121 m, the average or the centre is 66 m. The leastly populated commune is Neulles with 139 and the most populated commune is Archiac with 864. The second mostly populated commune is Jarnac-Champagne with 727.

Contents

Communes of Archiac

Population history

Other

External links

See also

Communes of Archiac

The canton of Archiac contains 13 communes and has 6,153 inhabitants.

Commune	Population	INSEE code	Postal code
Allas-Champagne	184	17500	17006
'Archiac'	864	17520	17016
Arthenac	312	17520	17020
Brie-sous-Archiac	245	17520	17066
Celles	251	17520	17076
Cierzac	199	17520	17106
Germignac	531	17520	17175
Jarnac-Champagne	727	17520	17192
Lonzac	248	17520	17209
Neuillac	258	17520	17258
Neulles	139	17500	17259
Saint-Ciers-Champagne	367	17520	17316
Saint-Eugène	292	17520	17326
Saint-Germain-de-Vibrac	196	17500	17341
Sainte-Lheurine	455	17520	17355
Saint-Maigrin	526	17520	17357
Saint-Martial-sur-Né	354	17520	17364

Population history

Year	Population	Density
1962	6,453	-
1968	6,901	-
1975	6,482	-
1982	6,127	-
1990	6,184	-
1999	6,148	31.49/km²

The population grew until the 1968 census and dropped until 1982, the population dropped since 1975 with the exception between 1982 and 1999.

Other

The canton of Archiac has schools, lyceum or middle schools, gymnasia, churches, banks, parks and squares.

External links

★ The canton of Archiac on the INSEE site

★ Location of the canton of Archiac on the map of France

See also

★ Dordogne

★ Arrondissements of the Dordogne department

★ Cantons of the Dordogne department

★ Communes of the Dordogne department

★ List of general councillors of the Dordogne department