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Chalais is a commune in France, situated in the Charente department within the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Chalais and the canton of Tude-et-Lavalette. The municipality has an area of 17.58 square kilometers and an elevation of 130 meters above sea level. Its official name is Chalais, La Rivière, and it was established on 1973-01-01.
The town is bordered by Curac, Montboyer, Orival, and Rioux-Martin. It is twinned with Bad Saulgau. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 2,538 residents and another citing 1,986. The postal code for the area is 16210.
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Place details
- Locality
- Chalais
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,986
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Department
- Charente
- Arrondissement
- Angoulême
- Canton
- Tude-et-Lavalette
- Intercommunality
- Lavalette Tude Dronne
- Mayor 2024 2026
- Jacques Blanchet
- Area
- 17.58 km (6.79 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 1,812
- Density
- 103.1/km (267.0/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 16073 /16210
- Elevation
- 35–130 m (115–427 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Chalais
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Angoulême
- Population
- 1812
- Area
- 17.58
- Elevation
- 72
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- canton of Tude-et-Lavalette
- Shares border with
- Yviers
- Official website
- www.chalais.net
- Image
- Chalais chat3.JPG
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- twinned administrative body
- Bad Saulgau
- Commons category
- Chalais (Charente)
- postal code
- 16210
- different from
- Chalais
- associated electoral district
- canton of Tude-et-Lavalette
- male population
- 798
- female population
- 961
- P8168
- Kilian von Steiner
- inception
- 1973-01-01
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-45-98-10-33
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Encyclopedic overview
Chalais ( French pronunciation: [ʃalɛ]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It is the southernmost town in the Charente with over 1,000 people. It lies along the river Tude.
Population
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chalais” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.