Cercoux

Cercoux
Cercoux
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Cercoux
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Jonzac
Canton	Montguyon
Intercommunality	Haute-Saintonge
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Amarot
Area1	41.88 km2 (16.17 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,129
• Density	27/km2 (70/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17077 / 17270
Elevation	18–111 m (59–364 ft) (avg. 86 m or 282 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Cercoux is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,500	—
1800	1,425	−5.0%
1806	1,340	−6.0%
1821	1,634	+21.9%
1831	1,824	+11.6%
1836	1,772	−2.9%
1841	1,701	−4.0%
1846	1,723	+1.3%
1851	1,828	+6.1%
1856	1,808	−1.1%
1861	1,854	+2.5%
1866	1,902	+2.6%
1872	1,852	−2.6%
1876	1,902	+2.7%
1881	1,929	+1.4%
1886	1,931	+0.1%
1891	1,829	−5.3%
1896	1,832	+0.2%
1901	1,883	+2.8%
1906	1,810	−3.9%
1911	1,622	−10.4%
1921	1,610	−0.7%
1926	1,603	−0.4%
1931	1,601	−0.1%
1936	1,522	−4.9%
1946	1,378	−9.5%
1954	1,431	+3.8%
1962	1,363	−4.8%
1968	1,226	−10.1%
1975	1,103	−10.0%
1982	1,204	+9.2%
1990	1,101	−8.6%
1999	1,063	−3.5%
2008	1,129	+6.2%

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE