La Rochette, Charente

La Rochette

La Rochette
Administration
Country France
Region Poitou-Charentes
Department Charente
Arrondissement Angoulême
Canton La Rochefoucauld
Intercommunality Bandiat-Tardoire
Mayor Laurent Banicic
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 66–115 m (217–377 ft)
(avg. 91 m/299 ft)
Land area1 10.99 km2 (4.24 sq mi)
Population2 551  (2008)
 - Density 50 /km2 (130 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 16282/ 16110
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.

La Rochette is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population of La Rochette, Charente
Year 1800 1806 1821 1831 1841 1846 1851 1856 1861 1866
Population 767 748 742 864 801 805 851 765 760 793
Year 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896 1901 1906 1911 1921
Population 654 636 631 638 595 609 575 529 549 501
Year 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990
Population 480 440 500 391 393 398 401 422 436 445
Year 1999 2008
Population 442 551

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