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Jarnac
Jarnac
	Commune
	; Charente River;
	; ; Coat of arms;
	; ; Coat of arms;
	; ; ; ; Jarnac; ; ; ; ; Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region; ; ; ; Jarnac; ; ; ; ;
	Coordinates: 45°40′53″N 0°10′33″W / 45.6814°N 0.1758°W / 45.6814; -0.1758Coordinates: 45°40′53″N 0°10′33″W / 45.6814°N 0.1758°W / 45.6814; -0.1758;
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Jarnac
Intercommunality	Jarnac
Government;
• Mayor .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}; (2008–2014) ;	Jérôme Royer
Area1;	11.99 km2 (4.63 sq mi)
Population (2008)2;	4,515
• Density	380/km2 (980/sq mi)
Time zone	; UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	; UTC+2 (CEST)
; INSEE/Postal code	16102 /16200
Elevation	8–40 m (26–131 ft) ; (avg. 19 m or 62 ft)
	; 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.; 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

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

It is the site of the Battle of Jarnac in 1569.

Geography

Jarnac is situated on the right (north) bank of the river Charente between Angoulême and Cognac. It is about 20 km west of Angoulême, and about 10 km east of Cognac.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,600	—
1800	1,725	+7.8%
1806	1,401	−18.8%
1821	1,934	+38.0%
1831	2,282	+18.0%
1841	2,510	+10.0%
1846	2,814	+12.1%
1851	3,358	+19.3%
1856	3,462	+3.1%
1861	3,854	+11.3%
1866	4,243	+10.1%
1872	4,691	+10.6%
1876	4,979	+6.1%
1881	4,356	−12.5%
1886	4,450	+2.2%
1891	4,880	+9.7%
1896	4,980	+2.0%
1901	4,911	−1.4%
1906	4,894	−0.3%
1911	4,619	−5.6%
1921	4,075	−11.8%
1926	3,880	−4.8%
1931	3,796	−2.2%
1936	3,587	−5.5%
1946	3,885	+8.3%
1954	4,100	+5.5%
1962	4,574	+11.6%
1968	4,717	+3.1%
1975	5,042	+6.9%
1982	4,861	−3.6%
1990	4,786	−1.5%
1999	4,665	−2.5%
2008	4,515	−3.2%