Clérac

Clérac is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Clérac
Commune
Town hall
Location of Clérac
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Coordinates: 45°10′51″N 0°13′40″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Jonzac
Canton	Les Trois Monts
Intercommunality	Haute-Saintonge
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Guy Pasquet
Area ^1	43.08 km^2 (16.63 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	977
• Density	23/km^2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17110 /17270
Elevation	27–116 m (89–381 ft) (avg. 90 m or 300 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The historian and philologist James Germain Février (1895–1976) was born in Clérac.

Population

Historical population

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%

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.