La Benâte (French pronunciation: [la bənat]) is a former commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Essouvert.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 401 —     1800 400 −0.2% 1806 440 +10.0% 1821 435 −1.1% 1831 501 +15.2% 1836 541 +8.0% 1841 548 +1.3% 1846 560 +2.2% 1851 567 +1.2% 1856 548 −3.4% 1861 611 +11.5% 1866 591 −3.3% 1872 620 +4.9% 1876 604 −2.6% 1881 561 −7.1% 1886 502 −10.5% 1891 462 −8.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 454 −1.7% 1901 418 −7.9% 1906 441 +5.5% 1911 435 −1.4% 1921 396 −9.0% 1926 375 −5.3% 1931 358 −4.5% 1936 353 −1.4% 1946 347 −1.7% 1954 355 +2.3% 1962 340 −4.2% 1968 316 −7.1% 1975 259 −18.0% 1982 288 +11.2% 1990 354 +22.9% 1999 402 +13.6% 2008 412 +2.5%

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

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