Merpins

Merpins
Commune
Town hall
Location of Merpins
Merpins Merpins
Coordinates: 45°40′27″N 0°21′55″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Cognac-2
Intercommunality	Cognac
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gilles Bonnet
Area 1	10.46 km2 (4.04 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,086
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16217 /16100
Elevation	2–33 m (6.6–108.3 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 502 —     1800 501 −0.2% 1806 511 +2.0% 1821 523 +2.3% 1831 543 +3.8% 1841 634 +16.8% 1846 630 −0.6% 1851 720 +14.3% 1856 729 +1.2% 1861 730 +0.1% 1866 730 +0.0% 1872 711 −2.6% 1876 719 +1.1% 1881 649 −9.7% 1886 652 +0.5% 1891 684 +4.9% 1896 717 +4.8%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 738 +2.9% 1906 725 −1.8% 1911 719 −0.8% 1921 578 −19.6% 1926 613 +6.1% 1931 652 +6.4% 1936 594 −8.9% 1946 641 +7.9% 1954 704 +9.8% 1962 681 −3.3% 1968 832 +22.2% 1975 895 +7.6% 1982 953 +6.5% 1990 1,025 +7.6% 1999 938 −8.5% 2008 1,028 +9.6%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department