Dampierre-sur-Boutonne

Dampierre-sur-Boutonne
Dampierre-sur-Boutonne

Coordinates: 46°04′02″N 0°24′51″W / 46.0672°N 0.4142°WCoordinates: 46°04′02″N 0°24′51″W / 46.0672°N 0.4142°W
Country France
Region Poitou-Charentes
Department Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Canton Aulnay
Intercommunality Canton d'Aulnay-de-Saintonge
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Michel Gautier
Area1 14.04 km2 (5.42 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 296
 • Density 21/km2 (55/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 17138 / 17470
Elevation 31–83 m (102–272 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.

Dampierre-sur-Boutonne is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Geography

The village lies in the southwestern part of the commune, on the left bank of the Boutonne, which forms most of the commune's western border.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793570—    
1800509−10.7%
1806538+5.7%
1821617+14.7%
1831625+1.3%
1836640+2.4%
1841661+3.3%
1846689+4.2%
1851714+3.6%
1856671−6.0%
1861719+7.2%
1866739+2.8%
1872702−5.0%
1876684−2.6%
1881680−0.6%
1886610−10.3%
1891594−2.6%
1896581−2.2%
1901560−3.6%
1906532−5.0%
1911561+5.5%
1921484−13.7%
1926455−6.0%
1931470+3.3%
1936490+4.3%
1946446−9.0%
1954460+3.1%
1962428−7.0%
1968416−2.8%
1975385−7.5%
1982348−9.6%
1990335−3.7%
1999297−11.3%
2008296−0.3%

See also

References

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