Jarnac
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| Jarnac | ||
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| Commune | ||
 Charente River | ||
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  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. | ||
Jarnac is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
It is the site of the Battle of Jarnac in 1569.
Contents
1 Geography
2 Population
3 Personalities
4 Gastronomy
5 International relations
6 See also
7 References
8 Gallery
9 External links
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 | ||
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| 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% |
Personalities
Jarnac is the birthplace of former French president François Mitterrand (26 October 1916 – 8 January 1996) and the place where he is buried.
Gastronomy
The region is associated with the finer art of cognac production since the 1800s.
International relations
Jarnac is paired with:
Dalkeith, Scotland
Lautertal, Hesse, Germany
Donnacona, Quebec, Canada
Dogliani, Italy
See also
- Communes of the Charente department
References
- INSEE
Gallery
le Musée Mitterrand
Église Saint-Pierre depuis la mairie
le Parc, les Moulins, l'Écluse
le Port Gros-Jean
La Fontbadant
le grand pont sur la Charente
le Quai de l'Orangerie
le Quai de l'Orangerie et le pont
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jarnac. |
- Jarnac in the regional press
- Jarnac on Google maps
- Tourism in Jarnac
- Local organizations
- Movie theaters
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