Cherves-Richemont

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Part of Val-de-Cognac in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

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Location of Cherves-Richemont

45°44′39″N 0°21′07″W / 45.7442°N 0.3519°W / 45.7442; -0.3519CountryFranceRegionNouvelle-AquitaineDepartmentCharenteArrondissementCognacCantonCognac-1CommuneVal-de-CognacArea

37.94 km² (14.65 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[1]

2,285 • Density60/km² (160/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

16370

Elevation5–73 m (16–240 ft)
(avg. 28 m or 92 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cherves-Richemont (French pronunciation: [ʃɛʁv ʁiʃmɔ̃]) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It was formed by the merger of Cherves-de-Cognac (before 1956: Cherves) with Richemont in January 1973.^[2] On 1 January 2024, it was merged into the new commune of Val-de-Cognac.^[3]

Population

Population of Cherves
Year	Pop.	±%
1800	985	—
1841	1,523	+54.6%
1866	2,120	+39.2%
1886	1,813	−14.5%
1901	2,355	+29.9%
1921	1,759	−25.3%
1936	1,565	−11.0%
1954	1,854	+18.5%
1962	2,082	+12.3%
1968	2,093	+0.5%

Population of Richemont
Year	Pop.	±%
1800	163	—
1841	289	+77.3%
1866	412	+42.6%
1886	382	−7.3%
1901	420	+9.9%
1921	323	−23.1%
1936	355	+9.9%
1954	317	−10.7%
1962	296	−6.6%
1968	272	−8.1%

Population of Cherves-Richemont
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1975	2,602	—
1982	2,665	+0.34%
1990	2,528	−0.66%
1999	2,447	−0.36%
2007	2,437	−0.05%
2012	2,433	−0.03%
2017	2,344	−0.74%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
^ Commune de Cherves-Richemont (16097), INSEE
^ Arrêté du 25 septembre 2023 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Val-de-Cognac, retrieved 4 January 2024
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE