Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac

Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac
Commune
Town hall
Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac
Coordinates: 45°45′38″N 0°22′51″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Cognac-1
Intercommunality	CA du Grand Cognac
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Jean Luc Meunier
Area 1	23.82 km2 (9.20 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16355 /16370
Elevation	10–104 m (33–341 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ sylpis də kɔɲak], literally Saint-Sulpice of Cognac) is a commune in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

Population

Its inhabitants are known as San Sulpicians or Sulpicians.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,500 —     1800 1,411 −5.9% 1806 1,370 −2.9% 1821 1,554 +13.4% 1831 1,724 +10.9% 1841 1,638 −5.0% 1846 1,688 +3.1% 1851 1,752 +3.8% 1856 1,837 +4.9% 1861 1,966 +7.0% 1866 1,937 −1.5% 1872 1,810 −6.6% 1876 1,732 −4.3% 1881 1,582 −8.7% 1886 1,475 −6.8% 1891 1,539 +4.3% 1896 1,570 +2.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 1,577 +0.4% 1906 1,437 −8.9% 1911 1,362 −5.2% 1921 1,193 −12.4% 1926 1,119 −6.2% 1931 1,077 −3.8% 1936 1,012 −6.0% 1946 1,041 +2.9% 1954 1,057 +1.5% 1962 1,071 +1.3% 1968 1,004 −6.3% 1975 1,009 +0.5% 1982 1,119 +10.9% 1990 1,206 +7.8% 1999 1,199 −0.6% 2008 1,281 +6.8%

Climate

Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac, as the whole region of Cognac, is located west of the department of Charente and has a marine climate.

Climate data for Cognac
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	8.7 (47.7)	10.5 (50.9)	13.1 (55.6)	15.9 (60.6)	19.5 (67.1)	23.1 (73.6)	26.1 (79.0)	25.4 (77.7)	23.1 (73.6)	18.5 (65.3)	12.4 (54.3)	9.2 (48.6)	17.1 (62.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	5.4 (41.7)	6.7 (44.1)	8.5 (47.3)	11.1 (52.0)	14.4 (57.9)	17.8 (64.0)	20.2 (68.4)	19.7 (67.5)	17.6 (63.7)	13.7 (56.7)	8.6 (47.5)	5.9 (42.6)	12.5 (54.5)
Average low °C (°F)	2 (36)	2.8 (37.0)	3.8 (38.8)	6.2 (43.2)	9.4 (48.9)	12.4 (54.3)	14.4 (57.9)	14 (57)	12.1 (53.8)	8.9 (48.0)	4.7 (40.5)	2.6 (36.7)	7.8 (46.0)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	80.4 (3.17)	67.3 (2.65)	65.9 (2.59)	68.3 (2.69)	71.6 (2.82)	46.6 (1.83)	45.1 (1.78)	50.2 (1.98)	59.2 (2.33)	68.6 (2.70)	79.8 (3.14)	80 (3.1)	783.6 (30.85)
Mean monthly sunshine hours	80	103.9	153.3	184.5	204.9	239.6	276.4	248.3	199.4	159	96.8	78.8	2,024.9
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See also

• Communes of the Charente department