Matha, Charente-Maritime

Matha
Commune
Chateau
Coat of arms
Location of Matha
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Coordinates: 45°52′06″N0°19′08″W / 45.8683°N 0.3189°W / 45.8683; -0.3189
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Canton	Matha
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Wilfrid Hairie [1]
Area 1	19.08 km2 (7.37 sq mi)
Population  (2023) [2]	2,191
• Density	114.8/km2 (297.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17224 /17160
Elevation	23–68 m (75–223 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Matha (French pronunciation: [mata] ) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Population

In 1818 Matha absorbed the former commune of Saint-Hercé. ^[3]

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 702 —     1821 1,572 +2.92% 1841 1,935 +1.04% 1861 2,212 +0.67% 1881 2,214 +0.00% 1901 2,034 −0.42% 1921 1,905 −0.33% 1936 1,934 +0.10% 1946 2,140 +1.02% 1954 2,057 −0.49%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1962 2,148 +0.54% 1968 2,141 −0.05% 1975 2,252 +0.72% 1982 2,300 +0.30% 1990 2,183 −0.65% 1999 2,082 −0.52% 2007 2,135 +0.31% 2012 2,205 +0.65% 2017 2,166 −0.36% 2023 2,191 +0.19%
Source: EHESS [3] and INSEE (1968-2023) [4]

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Matha, EHESS (in French).
4. Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE

External links

• Media related to Matha at Wikimedia Commons