Jonzac

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Subprefecture and commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Jonzac

(2020–2026) Christophe Cabri^[1]Area

13.09 km² (5.05 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,550 • Density270/km² (700/sq mi)DemonymJonzacais·eTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

17197 /17500

Elevation26–87 m (85–285 ft)
(avg. 40 m or 130 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Jonzac (French pronunciation: [ʒɔ̃zak] ^ⓘ; Poitevin-Saintongese: Jhonzat) is a commune of the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. The historian Jean Glénisson (1921–2010) was born in Jonzac as well as the philosopher Jean Hyppolite (1907–1968)

Geography

The river Seugne flows northwest through the commune and crosses the town. The station of Jonzac has a direct connection the station Gare de Bordeaux-Saint-Jean.

Jonzac is located in the south of Charente-Maritime, with the department's capital La Rochelle 105 km to the northwest. The capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, Bordeaux, is 90 km to the southwest. 55 km to its east is Angoulême, capital of the neighbouring Charente department.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,470	—
1800	2,509	+0.22%
1806	2,488	−0.14%
1821	2,465	−0.06%
1831	2,618	+0.60%
1836	2,514	−0.81%
1841	2,524	+0.08%
1846	2,591	+0.53%
1851	2,718	+0.96%
1856	2,792	+0.54%
1861	3,005	+1.48%
1866	3,147	+0.93%
1872	3,260	+0.59%
1876	3,296	+0.27%
1881	3,210	−0.53%
1886	3,237	+0.17%
1891	3,431	+1.17%
1896	3,344	−0.51%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	3,366	+0.13%
1906	3,287	−0.47%
1911	3,210	−0.47%
1921	2,896	−1.02%
1926	3,041	+0.98%
1931	3,142	+0.66%
1936	3,250	+0.68%
1946	3,771	+1.50%
1954	3,575	−0.66%
1962	4,020	+1.48%
1968	4,022	+0.01%
1975	4,306	+0.98%
1982	4,494	+0.61%
1990	3,998	−1.45%
1999	3,817	−0.51%
2007	3,511	−1.04%
2012	3,502	−0.05%
2017	3,432	−0.40%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Jonzac, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE