Merpins

Merpins
Town hall
Merpins
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Merpins
Administration
Country	France
Region	Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Cognac-Sud
Intercommunality	Cognac
Mayor	Gilles Bonnet (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	2–33 m (6.6–108 ft) (avg. 10 m/33 ft)
Land area1	10.46 km2 (4.04 sq mi)
Population2	1,028  (2008)
- Density	98 /km2 (250 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16217/ 16100
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.

Coordinates: 45°40′27″N 0°21′55″W / 45.6741666667°N 0.365277777778°W / 45.6741666667; -0.365277777778

Merpins is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population of Merpins

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1841	1846	1851	1856	1861
502	501	511	523	543	634	630	720	729	730

1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906	1911
730	711	719	649	652	684	717	738	725	719

1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982
578	613	652	594	641	704	681	832	895	953

1990	1999	2008
1025	938	1028

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE