Châtillon-sur-Thouet

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Location of Châtillon-sur-Thouet

(2022–2026) Marie-Noëlle Beau^[1]Area

16 km² (6 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,671 • Density170/km² (430/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

79080 /

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Châtillon-sur-Thouet (French pronunciation: [ʃatijɔ̃ syʁ twɛ], literally Châtillon on Thouet) is a village and commune in the Deux-Sèvres department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. The village is situated on the river Thouet to the north of the town of Parthenay, with which it forms a contiguous built-up area.

The commune of Châtillon-sur-Thouet has joined together with 38 neighbouring communes to establish the Communauté de communes de Parthenay-Gâtine which provides a framework within which local tasks are carried out together.^[3]^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,306	—
1975	2,323	+8.57%
1982	2,874	+3.09%
1990	2,769	−0.46%
1999	2,727	−0.17%
2007	2,848	+0.54%
2012	2,764	−0.60%
2017	2,685	−0.58%
Source: INSEE^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Intercommunalité-Métropole de CC de Parthenay-Gâtine (200041333) − COG". Insee. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
^ "Communauté de communes de Parthenay-Gâtine". Communauté de communes de Parthenay-Gâtine. Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE