Chavenat (French pronunciation: [ʃavna]) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Boisné-la-Tude.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 371 —     1800 395 +6.5% 1806 359 −9.1% 1821 358 −0.3% 1831 401 +12.0% 1841 368 −8.2% 1846 445 +20.9% 1851 368 −17.3% 1856 389 +5.7% 1861 366 −5.9% 1866 352 −3.8% 1872 324 −8.0% 1876 324 +0.0% 1881 341 +5.2% 1886 326 −4.4% 1891 280 −14.1% 1896 244 −12.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 261 +7.0% 1906 300 +14.9% 1911 299 −0.3% 1921 287 −4.0% 1926 271 −5.6% 1931 258 −4.8% 1936 244 −5.4% 1946 218 −10.7% 1954 229 +5.0% 1962 224 −2.2% 1968 186 −17.0% 1975 187 +0.5% 1982 196 +4.8% 1990 202 +3.1% 1999 179 −11.4% 2008 212 +18.4%

• Communes of the Charente department