La Chapelle, Charente

La Chapelle is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

La Chapelle
Commune
Town hall
Location of La Chapelle
La Chapelle La Chapelle
Coordinates: 45°50′26″N 0°02′17″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Boixe-et-Manslois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Sylvain Loison
Area ^1	7.69 km^2 (2.97 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	214
• Density	28/km^2 (72/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16081 /16140
Elevation	45–111 m (148–364 ft) (avg. 65 m or 213 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 254 —     1800 292 +15.0% 1806 261 −10.6% 1821 323 +23.8% 1831 350 +8.4% 1841 360 +2.9% 1846 374 +3.9% 1851 368 −1.6% 1856 363 −1.4% 1861 372 +2.5% 1866 350 −5.9% 1872 338 −3.4% 1876 333 −1.5% 1881 339 +1.8% 1886 311 −8.3% 1891 272 −12.5% 1896 264 −2.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 216 −18.2% 1906 237 +9.7% 1911 224 −5.5% 1921 214 −4.5% 1926 194 −9.3% 1931 200 +3.1% 1936 192 −4.0% 1946 166 −13.5% 1954 131 −21.1% 1962 157 +19.8% 1968 137 −12.7% 1975 140 +2.2% 1982 150 +7.1% 1990 148 −1.3% 1999 151 +2.0% 2008 190 +25.8%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

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