Montendre

Montendre (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tɑ̃dʁ]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Montendre
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Montendre
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Coordinates: 45°17′05″N 0°24′27″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Jonzac
Canton	Les Trois Monts
Intercommunality	Haute-Saintonge
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Giraudeau[1]
Area 1	25.06 km2 (9.68 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,226
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17240 /17130
Elevation	44–120 m (144–394 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.

Population

In 1972 Montendre absorbed the former communes Chardes and Vallet.^[3]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 837 —     1800 852 +0.25% 1806 852 +0.00% 1821 832 −0.16% 1831 1,023 +2.09% 1836 980 −0.86% 1841 1,041 +1.22% 1846 1,036 −0.10% 1851 1,013 −0.45% 1856 1,031 +0.35% 1861 1,134 +1.92% 1866 1,174 +0.70% 1872 1,273 +1.36% 1876 1,303 +0.58% 1881 1,325 +0.34% 1886 1,399 +1.09% 1891 1,442 +0.61% 1896 1,401 −0.58%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,488 +1.21% 1906 1,532 +0.58% 1911 1,791 +3.17% 1921 1,807 +0.09% 1926 1,765 −0.47% 1931 1,809 +0.49% 1936 1,763 −0.51% 1946 2,125 +1.89% 1954 2,137 +0.07% 1962 2,760 +3.25% 1968 2,864 +0.62% 1975 3,480 +2.82% 1982 3,330 −0.63% 1990 3,140 −0.73% 1999 3,117 −0.08% 2007 3,146 +0.12% 2012 3,226 +0.50% 2017 3,242 +0.10%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1975-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department