Couture, Charente

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Couture
Town hall
Couture
Coordinates: 45°55′50″N 0°17′11″E / 45.9306°N 0.2864°E / 45.9306; 0.2864Coordinates: 45°55′50″N 0°17′11″E / 45.9306°N 0.2864°E / 45.9306; 0.2864
Country France
Region Poitou-Charentes
Department Charente
Arrondissement Confolens
Canton Ruffec
Intercommunality Trois Vallées
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jacqueline Ducloux-Ruzek
Area
 • Land1 10.61 km2 (4.10 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Population2 162
 • Population2 Density 15/km2 (40/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 16114 / 16460
Elevation 79–135 m (259–443 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 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.

Couture is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1793 553—    
1800 620+12.1%
1806 600−3.2%
1821 645+7.5%
1831 700+8.5%
1841 728+4.0%
1846 750+3.0%
1851 734−2.1%
1856 708−3.5%
1861 643−9.2%
1866 680+5.8%
1872 557−18.1%
1876 568+2.0%
1881 560−1.4%
1886 544−2.9%
1891 512−5.9%
1896 445−13.1%
1901 441−0.9%
1906 449+1.8%
1911 418−6.9%
1921 344−17.7%
1926 365+6.1%
1931 341−6.6%
1936 357+4.7%
1946 326−8.7%
1954 275−15.6%
1962 269−2.2%
1968 252−6.3%
1975 210−16.7%
1982 206−1.9%
1990 177−14.1%
1999 158−10.7%
2008 162+2.5%

See also

References

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