Meschers-sur-Gironde

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Meschers-sur-Gironde
Commune
The church and surroundings in Meschers-sur-Gironde
Coat of arms
Location of Meschers-sur-Gironde
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Coordinates: 45°33′27″N 0°57′14″W / 45.5575°N 0.9539°W / 45.5575; -0.9539
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rochefort
Canton	Saintonge Estuaire
Intercommunality	CA Royan Atlantique
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Françoise Fribourg^[1]
Area ¹	15.98 km² (6.17 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	3,160
• Density	200/km² (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17230 /17132
Elevation	0–39 m (0–128 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Meschers-sur-Gironde (French pronunciation: [meʃe syʁ ʒiʁɔ̃d], literally Meschers on Gironde) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,004	—
1800	962	−0.61%
1806	901	−1.09%
1821	995	+0.66%
1831	1,104	+1.04%
1836	1,117	+0.23%
1841	1,146	+0.51%
1846	1,143	−0.05%
1851	1,092	−0.91%
1856	1,040	−0.97%
1861	1,101	+1.15%
1866	1,106	+0.09%
1872	1,068	−0.58%
1876	1,026	−1.00%
1881	1,039	+0.25%
1886	1,064	+0.48%
1891	1,024	−0.76%
1896	954	−1.41%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	900	−1.16%
1906	903	+0.07%
1911	952	+1.06%
1921	861	−1.00%
1926	818	−1.02%
1931	816	−0.05%
1936	890	+1.75%
1946	1,034	+1.51%
1954	1,175	+1.61%
1962	1,339	+1.65%
1968	1,475	+1.63%
1975	1,546	+0.67%
1982	1,649	+0.93%
1990	1,862	+1.53%
1999	2,234	+2.04%
2007	2,673	+2.27%
2012	2,955	+2.03%
2017	3,110	+1.03%

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

See also

Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Meschers-sur-Gironde, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

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Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

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^subpr: subprefecture

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