Saint-Claud

Coordinates: 45°53′46″N 0°27′56″E / 45.8961°N 0.4656°E / 45.8961; 0.4656
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Saint-Claud
Market place
Market place
Coat of arms of Saint-Claud
Location of Saint-Claud
Map
Saint-Claud is located in France
Saint-Claud
Saint-Claud
Saint-Claud is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Claud
Saint-Claud
Coordinates: 45°53′46″N 0°27′56″E / 45.8961°N 0.4656°E / 45.8961; 0.4656
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente
ArrondissementConfolens
CantonCharente-Bonnieure
IntercommunalityCharente Limousine
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Pascal Dubuisson[1]
Area
1
26.75 km2 (10.33 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,040
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
16308 /16450
Elevation107–222 m (351–728 ft)
(avg. 144 m or 472 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Claud (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ klo]; Occitan: Sent Claud) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

The small commune is located northeast of Angoulême.

Population[edit]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,051—    
1975 1,004−0.65%
1982 1,128+1.68%
1990 1,128+0.00%
1999 1,062−0.67%
2009 1,084+0.21%
2014 1,091+0.13%
2020 1,047−0.68%
Source: INSEE[3]

Personalities[edit]

The commune is partly the ancestral home of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911 (Laurier's ancestor was François Cottineau, who left his home named Champlaurier, located between the villages of Saint-Claud and Nieuil, for New France in 1677 as a member of the Régiment de Carignan-Salières). It was also the birthplace of the phonetician Jean-Pierre Rousselot.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE