Écuras

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

Écuras
Commune
Town hall
Location of Écuras
Écuras Écuras
Coordinates: 45°41′04″N 0°34′05″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Val de Tardoire
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Fils
Area ^1	24.22 km^2 (9.35 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	582
• Density	24/km^2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16124 /16220
Elevation	111–280 m (364–919 ft) (avg. 218 m or 715 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,400 —     1800 1,499 +7.1% 1806 1,547 +3.2% 1821 1,613 +4.3% 1831 1,650 +2.3% 1841 1,677 +1.6% 1846 1,788 +6.6% 1851 1,772 −0.9% 1856 1,741 −1.7% 1861 1,685 −3.2% 1866 1,730 +2.7% 1872 1,637 −5.4% 1876 1,617 −1.2% 1881 1,695 +4.8% 1886 1,641 −3.2% 1891 1,581 −3.7% 1896 1,543 −2.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 1,520 −1.5% 1906 1,463 −3.7% 1911 1,400 −4.3% 1921 1,244 −11.1% 1926 1,230 −1.1% 1931 1,148 −6.7% 1936 1,132 −1.4% 1946 1,004 −11.3% 1954 894 −11.0% 1962 838 −6.3% 1968 776 −7.4% 1975 686 −11.6% 1982 634 −7.6% 1990 628 −0.9% 1999 557 −11.3% 2008 638 +14.5%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.