Le Thou
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Commune of Le Thou |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Poitou-Charentes |
Department | Charente-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Rochefort |
Canton | Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 15 m–48 m (avg. 24 m) |
Land area¹ | 19 km² |
Population² (1999) |
1,170 |
- Density | 61/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 17447/ 17290 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Le Thou is a commune in the canton of Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis of the Charente-Maritime département in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France. The Atlantic Ocean is situated to the west. In the mid-1960s, Le Thou's population surpassed Thairé and made it the second most populated commune in the canton.
[edit] Historical population
Year | Population | Density | Percent of the canton |
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1962 | 720 | - | - |
1968 | 792 | - | - |
1975 | 844 | - | - |
1982 | 975 | - | - |
1990 | 1,024 | - | - |
1999 | 1,170 | 61/km² | 11.39% |
[edit] External links
- Le Thou on the l'Institut Géographique National site
- Le Thou in the INSEE site
- Le Thou on the Quid site
- Location of Le Thou in the map of France
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