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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
La Roche-Chalais
Commune
The town hall in La Roche-ChalaisThe town hall in La Roche-Chalais
Coat of arms of La Roche-ChalaisCoat of arms
Location of La Roche-Chalais
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Coordinates: 45°09′09″N 0°00′35″E / 45.1525°N 0.0097°E / 45.1525; 0.0097
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentDordogne
ArrondissementPérigueux
CantonMontpon-Ménestérol
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Michel Sautreau
Area89.40 km (34.52 sq mi)
Population3,023
 • Density34/km (88/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code24354 /24490
Elevation12–126 m (39–413 ft)
(avg. 40 m or 130 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (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.

Historical population
YearPop.±% 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%
YearPop.±% 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 and INSEE (1975-2017)

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 de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  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
Communes of the Dordogne department


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