Chadenac

Chadenac
Chadenac
Commune
	The church in Chadenac
	Location of Chadenac
	Chadenac Chadenac
	Coordinates: 45°32′32″N 0°26′27″W / 45.5422°N 0.4408°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Jonzac
Canton	Pons
Intercommunality	Haute-Saintonge
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Chatelain
Area 1	14.11 km2 (5.45 sq mi)
Population (2023)	518
• Density	36.7/km2 (95.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17078 /17800
Elevation	32–112 m (105–367 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chadenac (French pronunciation: [ʃadnak]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, in the former province of Saintonge in southwestern France. Chadenac has a notable romanesque church and a small museum containing Merovingian and Roman artefacts. It lies 8 km from Jonzac and 9 km from Pons off the D142 road, close to the Way of St. James.

Population

Inhabitants are known as Chadenacais (M) and Chadenacaises (F) in French.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE

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