Bécheresse

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

Bécheresse
Commune
Town hall
Location of Bécheresse
Bécheresse Bécheresse
Coordinates: 45°30′01″N 0°05′04″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Charente-Sud
Intercommunality	Blanzacais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Herrouet
Area ^1	8.38 km^2 (3.24 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	290
• Density	35/km^2 (90/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16036 /16250
Elevation	95–183 m (312–600 ft) (avg. 183 m or 600 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 700 —     1800 676 −3.4% 1806 639 −5.5% 1821 693 +8.5% 1831 610 −12.0% 1841 573 −6.1% 1846 536 −6.5% 1851 587 +9.5% 1856 492 −16.2% 1861 504 +2.4% 1866 512 +1.6% 1872 453 −11.5% 1876 430 −5.1% 1881 439 +2.1% 1886 411 −6.4% 1891 344 −16.3% 1896 370 +7.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 420 +13.5% 1906 373 −11.2% 1911 365 −2.1% 1921 321 −12.1% 1926 311 −3.1% 1931 286 −8.0% 1936 270 −5.6% 1946 255 −5.6% 1954 264 +3.5% 1962 270 +2.3% 1968 259 −4.1% 1975 218 −15.8% 1982 246 +12.8% 1990 217 −11.8% 1999 207 −4.6% 2008 242 +16.9%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

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