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Soyaux (French pronunciation: ​[so'jo]) is a commune in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

Soyaux
Commune
Town hall
Location of Soyaux
Soyaux Show map of France Soyaux Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 45°38′29″N 0°11′55″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Angoulême-3
Intercommunality	Grand Angoulême
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	François Nebout[1]
Area 1	12.76 km2 (4.93 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	9,761
• Density	760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16374 /16800
Elevation	56–166 m (184–545 ft) (avg. 161 m or 528 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 486 —     1800 496 +0.29% 1806 517 +0.69% 1821 474 −0.58% 1831 568 +1.83% 1841 605 +0.63% 1846 676 +2.24% 1851 654 −0.66% 1856 615 −1.22% 1861 653 +1.21% 1866 700 +1.40% 1872 730 +0.70% 1876 793 +2.09% 1881 1,061 +6.00% 1886 1,311 +4.32% 1891 1,447 +1.99% 1896 1,515 +0.92% 1901 1,514 −0.01%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 1,540 +0.34% 1911 1,630 +1.14% 1921 1,681 +0.31% 1926 1,836 +1.78% 1931 2,075 +2.48% 1936 2,282 +1.92% 1946 2,698 +1.69% 1954 2,959 +1.16% 1962 6,588 +10.52% 1968 11,680 +10.01% 1975 12,717 +1.22% 1982 10,903 −2.17% 1990 10,353 −0.64% 1999 10,177 −0.19% 2007 10,348 +0.21% 2012 9,570 −1.55% 2017 9,351 −0.46%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Notable people

• Bruno Périer (born 1966), former professional footballer

Sights

• Sentier botanique de Soyaux

See also

• Communes of the Charente department
• ASJ Soyaux

Twin town

Soyaux is twinned with Monifieth, Angus, Scotland since 1994.

References

На других языках

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[de] Soyaux

Soyaux ist eine Gemeinde mit 9761 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im westfranzösischen Département Charente in der Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

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- [en] Soyaux

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[es] Soyaux

Soyaux es una localidad y comuna francesa, situada en el departamento francés de la Charente y en la región de Poitou-Charentes. Constituye prácticamente un suburbio de Angulema, la capital del departamento.

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[ru] Суайо

Суайо́ (фр. Soyaux) — коммуна во Франции, находится в регионе Пуату — Шаранта. Департамент — Шаранта. Главный город кантона Суайо. Округ коммуны — Ангулем.

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