Saint-Michel, Charente

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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Michel

(2020–2026) Fabienne Godichaud^[1]Area

2.46 km² (0.95 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,224 • Density1,300/km² (3,400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

16341 /16470

Elevation25–62 m (82–203 ft)
(avg. 33 m or 108 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Michel (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ miʃɛl] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	391	—
1800	501	+3.60%
1806	346	−5.98%
1821	491	+2.36%
1831	491	+0.00%
1841	591	+1.87%
1846	569	−0.76%
1851	519	−1.82%
1856	553	+1.28%
1861	676	+4.10%
1866	782	+2.96%
1872	773	−0.19%
1876	882	+3.35%
1881	985	+2.23%
1886	1,068	+1.63%
1891	1,302	+4.04%
1896	1,311	+0.14%
1901	1,246	−1.01%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	1,209	−0.60%
1911	1,262	+0.86%
1921	1,296	+0.27%
1926	1,368	+1.09%
1931	1,534	+2.32%
1936	1,769	+2.89%
1946	1,960	+1.03%
1954	1,849	−0.73%
1962	2,305	+2.79%
1968	2,702	+2.68%
1975	2,846	+0.74%
1982	3,238	+1.86%
1990	3,125	−0.44%
1999	2,960	−0.60%
2007	3,078	+0.49%
2012	3,279	+1.27%
2017	3,227	−0.32%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Michel, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE