Soyaux

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

(2020–2026) François Nebout^[1]Area12.76 km² (4.93 sq mi)Population9,995 • Density780/km² (2,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation56–166 m (184–545 ft)
(avg. 161 m or 528 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Soyaux (French pronunciation: [swajo] or [sojo]) is a commune in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 486 —     1800 496 +0.29% 1806 517 +0.69% 1821 474 −0.58% 1831 568 +1.83% 1841 605 +0.63% 1846 676 +2.24% 1851 654 −0.66% 1856 615 −1.22% 1861 653 +1.21% 1866 700 +1.40% 1872 730 +0.70% 1876 793 +2.09% 1881 1,061 +6.00% 1886 1,311 +4.32% 1891 1,447 +1.99% 1896 1,515 +0.92% 1901 1,514 −0.01%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 1,540 +0.34% 1911 1,630 +1.14% 1921 1,681 +0.31% 1926 1,836 +1.78% 1931 2,075 +2.48% 1936 2,282 +1.92% 1946 2,698 +1.69% 1954 2,959 +1.16% 1962 6,588 +10.52% 1968 11,680 +10.01% 1975 12,717 +1.22% 1982 10,903 −2.17% 1990 10,353 −0.64% 1999 10,177 −0.19% 2007 10,348 +0.21% 2012 9,570 −1.55% 2017 9,351 −0.46%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Notable people

• Bruno Périer (born 1966), former professional footballer

Sights

• Sentier botanique de Soyaux

See also

• Communes of the Charente department
• ASJ Soyaux

Twin town

Soyaux is twinned with Monifieth, Angus, Scotland since 1994.

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