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%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 4,696+1.03%
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%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[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 légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Tonnay-Charente, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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