Clérac
| Clérac | |
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Town hall | |
  Clérac | |
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Clérac | |
| Coordinates: 45°10′51″N 0°13′40″W / 45.1808°N 0.2278°WCoordinates: 45°10′51″N 0°13′40″W / 45.1808°N 0.2278°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac |
| Canton | Montguyon |
| Intercommunality | Haute-Saintonge |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Guy Pasquet |
| Area1 | 43.08 km2 (16.63 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 931 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (56/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 17110 / 17270 |
| Elevation |
27–116 m (89–381 ft) (avg. 90 m or 300 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Clérac is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.
The historian and philologist James Germain Février (1895–1976) was born in Clérac.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 1,271 | — |
| 1968 | 1,143 | −10.1% |
| 1975 | 1,132 | −1.0% |
| 1982 | 1,097 | −3.1% |
| 1990 | 961 | −12.4% |
| 1999 | 937 | −2.5% |
| 2008 | 931 | −0.6% |
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