Courbillac

Courbillac

Town hall
Courbillac

Coordinates: 45°46′07″N 0°10′46″W / 45.7686°N 0.1794°W / 45.7686; -0.1794Coordinates: 45°46′07″N 0°10′46″W / 45.7686°N 0.1794°W / 45.7686; -0.1794
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Charente
Arrondissement Cognac
Canton Rouillac
Intercommunality Rouillacais
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Bernard Cote
Area1 11.83 km2 (4.57 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 600
  Density 51/km2 (130/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 16109 / 16200
Elevation 25–70 m (82–230 ft)
(avg. 38 m or 125 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.

Courbillac is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. In 1886, Philippe Delamain, a merchant from Jarnac, discovered by chance a cemetery from the Merovingian period in Herpes near Courbillac. He found an outstanding collection of weapons, brooches, jewellery and vases dating from the time when the Franks had settled in Herpes (5th-7th centuries AD). His collection was dispersed soon after its discovery but a significant proportion is in the British Museum, London.[1]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793535    
1800613+14.6%
1806598−2.4%
1821612+2.3%
1831680+11.1%
1841920+35.3%
1846950+3.3%
1851965+1.6%
1856990+2.6%
18611,034+4.4%
1866961−7.1%
1872946−1.6%
1876884−6.6%
1881814−7.9%
1886761−6.5%
1891706−7.2%
1896689−2.4%
1901691+0.3%
1906653−5.5%
1911640−2.0%
1921528−17.5%
1926553+4.7%
1931518−6.3%
1936516−0.4%
1946457−11.4%
1954423−7.4%
1962411−2.8%
1968400−2.7%
1975426+6.5%
1982456+7.0%
1990473+3.7%
1999502+6.1%
2008600+19.5%

See also

References

  1. British Museum Collection

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