La Roche-Chalais

La Roche-Chalais
Commune
The town hall in La Roche-Chalais
Coat of arms
Location of La Roche-Chalais
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Coordinates: 45°09′09″N 0°00′35″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Périgueux
Canton	Montpon-Ménestérol
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Michel Sautreau[1]
Area ^1	89.40 km^2 (34.52 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,018
• Density	34/km^2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	24354 /24490
Elevation	12–126 m (39–413 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Roche-Chalais (French pronunciation: [la ʁɔʃ ʃalɛ]; Occitan: La Ròcha Chalés) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Population

In 1973 the former communes of Saint-Michel-de-Rivière and Saint-Michel-l'Écluse-et-Léparon were absorbed into La Roche-Chalais.^[3][4]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,015 —     1800 1,395 +4.65% 1806 1,484 +1.04% 1821 1,491 +0.03% 1831 2,065 +3.31% 1836 1,910 −1.55% 1841 2,144 +2.34% 1846 2,333 +1.70% 1851 2,427 +0.79% 1856 2,379 −0.40% 1861 2,475 +0.79% 1866 2,556 +0.65% 1872 2,364 −1.29% 1876 2,232 −1.43% 1881 2,430 +1.71% 1886 2,409 −0.17% 1891 1,608 −7.77% 1896 1,509 −1.26%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,564 +0.72% 1906 1,602 +0.48% 1911 1,535 −0.85% 1921 1,324 −1.47% 1926 1,231 −1.45% 1931 1,303 +1.14% 1936 1,179 −1.98% 1946 1,186 +0.06% 1954 1,134 −0.56% 1962 1,254 +1.27% 1968 1,379 +1.60% 1975 2,997 +11.73% 1982 2,951 −0.22% 1990 2,860 −0.39% 1999 2,801 −0.23% 2007 2,799 −0.01% 2012 2,913 +0.80% 2017 2,999 +0.58%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1975-2017)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne department

References

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" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0024, 28 January 1973, pp. 1114-1117.
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Roche-Chalais, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE