Tonnay-Charente

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Tonnay-Charente
Commune
The river Charente
The river Charente
Coat of arms of Tonnay-Charente
Coat of arms
Location of Tonnay-Charente
Tonnay-Charente is located in France
Tonnay-Charente
Tonnay-Charente
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Tonnay-Charente is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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Coordinates: 45°56′55″N 0°54′27″W / 45.9486°N 0.9075°W / 45.9486; -0.9075
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente-Maritime
ArrondissementRochefort
CantonTonnay-Charente
IntercommunalityCA Rochefort Océan
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Éric Authiat[1]
Area
1
34.39 km2 (13.28 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
8,289
 • Density241.0/km2 (624.3/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
17449 /17430
Elevation1–32 m (3.3–105.0 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tonnay-Charente (French pronunciation: [tɔnɛ ʃaʁɑ̃t]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

In the 18th century, it was the home town of prominent Irish physician Dr. Theobald Jennings and his son, Irish-born French General Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine who fought in the American War of Independence and, more significantly, in the French revolutionary wars with Napoleon I of France. There is a personal portrait of General Kilmaine in the Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) of Tonnay-Charente. Rue Kilmaine, a street in Tonnay-Charente was named in his honour.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,428—    
1800 2,275−0.93%
1806 2,377+0.73%
1821 1,173−4.60%
1831 2,106+6.03%
1836 3,202+8.74%
1841 3,435+1.41%
1846 3,296−0.82%
1851 3,538+1.43%
1856 3,699+0.89%
1861 3,703+0.02%
1866 3,763+0.32%
1872 3,872+0.48%
1876 3,756−0.76%
1881 3,904+0.78%
1886 4,287+1.89%
1891 4,249−0.18%
1896 4,462+0.98%
1901 4,696+1.03%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 4,873+0.74%
1911 4,911+0.16%
1921 4,529−0.81%
1926 4,495−0.15%
1931 4,537+0.19%
1936 4,859+1.38%
1946 4,830−0.06%
1954 5,161+0.83%
1962 5,732+1.32%
1968 6,332+1.67%
1975 6,430+0.22%
1982 6,380−0.11%
1990 6,814+0.83%
1999 6,628−0.31%
2007 7,434+1.44%
2012 7,817+1.01%
2017 8,010+0.49%
2023 8,289+0.57%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2023)[4]

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Tonnay-Charente, EHESS (in French).
  4. Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE