Bourg-Charente

Bourg-Charente
Town hall
Bourg-Charente
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Bourg-Charente
Coordinates: 45°40′25″N 0°13′11″W / 45.6736°N 0.2197°WCoordinates: 45°40′25″N 0°13′11″W / 45.6736°N 0.2197°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Segonzac
Intercommunality	Jarnac
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jérôme Sourisseau
Area^1	12.02 km^2 (4.64 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	739
• Density	61/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	16056 / 16200
Elevation	6–55 m (20–180 ft) (avg. 12 m or 39 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bourg-Charente is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	670	—
1800	641	−4.3%
1806	610	−4.8%
1821	815	+33.6%
1831	907	+11.3%
1841	940	+3.6%
1846	962	+2.3%
1851	999	+3.8%
1856	957	−4.2%
1861	918	−4.1%
1866	1,007	+9.7%
1872	1,031	+2.4%
1876	985	−4.5%
1881	862	−12.5%
1886	822	−4.6%
1891	848	+3.2%
1896	866	+2.1%
1901	849	−2.0%
1906	853	+0.5%
1911	778	−8.8%
1921	676	−13.1%
1926	710	+5.0%
1931	739	+4.1%
1936	679	−8.1%
1946	676	−0.4%
1954	747	+10.5%
1962	732	−2.0%
1968	698	−4.6%
1975	708	+1.4%
1982	739	+4.4%
1990	722	−2.3%
1999	754	+4.4%
2008	739	−2.0%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE