Tonnay-Charente

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Tonnay-Charente
Commune
The river Charente
Coat of arms
Location of Tonnay-Charente
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Coordinates: 45°56′55″N 0°54′27″W / 45.9486°N 0.9075°W / 45.9486; -0.9075
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rochefort
Canton	Tonnay-Charente
Intercommunality	CA Rochefort Océan
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Éric Authiat^[1]
Area ¹	34.39 km² (13.28 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	8,195
• Density	240/km² (620/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17449 /17430
Elevation	1–32 m (3.3–105.0 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

In the 18th century, it was the home town of prominent Irish physician Dr. Theobald Jennings and his son, Irish-born French General Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine who fought in the American War of Independence and, more significantly, in the French revolutionary wars with Napoleon I of France. There is a personal portrait of General Kilmaine in the Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) of Tonnay-Charente. Rue Kilmaine, a street in Tonnay-Charente was named in his honour.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,428	—
1800	2,275	−0.93%
1806	2,377	+0.73%
1821	1,173	−4.60%
1831	2,106	+6.03%
1836	3,202	+8.74%
1841	3,435	+1.41%
1846	3,296	−0.82%
1851	3,538	+1.43%
1856	3,699	+0.89%
1861	3,703	+0.02%
1866	3,763	+0.32%
1872	3,872	+0.48%
1876	3,756	−0.76%
1881	3,904	+0.78%
1886	4,287	+1.89%
1891	4,249	−0.18%
1896	4,462	+0.98%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	4,696	+1.03%
1906	4,873	+0.74%
1911	4,911	+0.16%
1921	4,529	−0.81%
1926	4,495	−0.15%
1931	4,537	+0.19%
1936	4,859	+1.38%
1946	4,830	−0.06%
1954	5,161	+0.83%
1962	5,732	+1.32%
1968	6,332	+1.67%
1975	6,430	+0.22%
1982	6,380	−0.11%
1990	6,814	+0.83%
1999	6,628	−0.31%
2007	7,434	+1.44%
2012	7,817	+1.01%
2017	8,010	+0.49%