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Coordinates: 46°03′52″N 0°32′17″E / 46.0644°N 0.5381°E

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Épenède
Commune
The town hall in Épenède
Location of Épenède
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Coordinates: 46°03′52″N 0°32′17″E / 46.0644°N 0.5381°E / 46.0644; 0.5381
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Vienne
Intercommunality	Charente Limousine
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Denimal^[1]
Area ¹	15.62 km² (6.03 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	176
• Density	11/km² (29/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16128 /16490
Elevation	144–194 m (472–636 ft) (avg. 192 m or 630 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Épenède (French pronunciation: [epnɛd]; Occitan: Espeneda) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Épenède, of which the Latin spina would mean thorn shrub, is bordered to the north by the department of Vienne and to the southwest by the valley of the river Transon. The village is situated on the dividing line of the waters of the Charente and the Vienne. The parish of Épenède was a dependant of the vast domains of the Benedictine abbey at nearby Charroux and in the diocese of Poitiers.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	323	—
1975	269	−2.58%
1982	256	−0.71%
1990	242	−0.70%
1999	209	−1.62%
2009	208	−0.05%
2014	218	+0.94%
2020	169	−4.15%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Sights

The Holy Church of St. Hilaire is 12th century and is of Limousin style (except the steeple bell tower which is more recent). This structure was burned at the time of the Wars of Religion. The capitals of the four spans of the nave are ancient, and one of them represents a monster holding in its claws a human head that it is about to devour. Many water sources or fountains "miraculous" sprinkle the commune.