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 / 45.7189°N 0.5558°W / 45.7189; -0.5558
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saintes
Canton	Chaniers
Intercommunality	CA Saintes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Éric Pannaud[1] (DVD)
Area ^1	26.53 km^2 (10.24 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	3,651
• Density	137.6/km^2 (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 km^2 (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%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,003 −0.26% 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%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Chaniers, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Media related to Chaniers at Wikimedia Commons