Gimeux

Gimeux
Gimeux
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Gimeux
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Cognac-Sud
Intercommunality	Cognac
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Joël Baudin
Area1	7.40 km2 (2.86 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	716
• Density	97/km2 (250/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16152 / 16130
Elevation	6–61 m (20–200 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 ft)
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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	345	—
1800	372	+7.8%
1806	373	+0.3%
1821	357	−4.3%
1831	449	+25.8%
1841	427	−4.9%
1846	429	+0.5%
1851	455	+6.1%
1856	460	+1.1%
1861	463	+0.7%
1866	462	−0.2%
1872	443	−4.1%
1876	478	+7.9%
1881	392	−18.0%
1886	399	+1.8%
1891	420	+5.3%
1896	381	−9.3%
1901	363	−4.7%
1906	393	+8.3%
1911	388	−1.3%
1921	355	−8.5%
1926	341	−3.9%
1931	298	−12.6%
1936	287	−3.7%
1946	341	+18.8%
1954	364	+6.7%
1962	346	−4.9%
1968	390	+12.7%
1975	465	+19.2%
1982	686	+47.5%
1990	751	+9.5%
1999	713	−5.1%
2008	716	+0.4%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE