Coulounieix-Chamiers

Coulounieix-Chamiers
Coulounieix-Chamiers
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Périgueux
Canton	Périgueux-Ouest
Intercommunality	Agglomération Périgourdine
Mayor	Jean-Pierre Roussarie (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	78–222 m (256–728 ft) (avg. 186 m/610 ft)
Land area1	21.70 km2 (8.38 sq mi)
Population2	8,356  (2008)
- Density	385 /km2 (1,000 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	24138/ 24660
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°11′14″N 0°41′32″E / 45.1872222222°N 0.692222222222°E / 45.1872222222; 0.692222222222

Coulounieix-Chamiers is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a suburb of Périgueux.

Population

Historical populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1831	980	—
1836	980	+0.0%
1841	1,011	+3.2%
1846	960	−5.0%
1851	1,044	+8.8%
1856	1,045	+0.1%
1861	1,073	+2.7%
1866	1,186	+10.5%
1872	1,188	+0.2%
1876	1,237	+4.1%
1881	1,299	+5.0%
1886	1,333	+2.6%
1891	1,415	+6.2%
1896	1,403	−0.8%
1901	1,436	+2.4%
1906	1,332	−7.2%
1911	1,418	+6.5%
1921	1,461	+3.0%
1926	1,610	+10.2%
1931	1,677	+4.2%
1936	1,719	+2.5%
1946	2,016	+17.3%
1954	2,709	+34.4%
1962	5,816	+114.7%
1968	7,421	+27.6%
1975	8,169	+10.1%
1982	8,250	+1.0%
1990	8,403	+1.9%
1999	8,114	−3.4%
2008	8,356	+3.0%

International relations

It is twinned with the town of Portlaoise in Ireland.

Sister city

• Venta de Baños, Spain

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne department

References

• INSEE