Sainte-Colombe, Charente

Sainte-Colombe is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Val-de-Bonnieure.[2]

Sainte-Colombe
Part of Val-de-Bonnieure
Location of Sainte-Colombe
Sainte-Colombe Sainte-Colombe
Coordinates: 45°50′03″N 0°19′11″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Boixe-et-Manslois
Commune	Val-de-Bonnieure
Area ^1	6.50 km^2 (2.51 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	198
• Density	30/km^2 (79/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	16230
Elevation	75–129 m (246–423 ft) (avg. 78 m or 256 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	445	—
1800	515	+15.7%
1806	519	+0.8%
1821	428	−17.5%
1831	507	+18.5%
1841	528	+4.1%
1846	494	−6.4%
1851	536	+8.5%
1856	485	−9.5%
1861	502	+3.5%
1866	516	+2.8%
1872	509	−1.4%
1876	501	−1.6%
1881	455	−9.2%
1886	433	−4.8%
1891	429	−0.9%
1896	409	−4.7%
1901	359	−12.2%
1906	348	−3.1%
1911	350	+0.6%
1921	331	−5.4%
1926	322	−2.7%
1931	317	−1.6%
1936	303	−4.4%
1946	283	−6.6%
1954	315	+11.3%
1962	279	−11.4%
1968	282	+1.1%
1975	217	−23.0%
1982	195	−10.1%
1990	174	−10.8%
1999	186	+6.9%
2008	185	−0.5%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 7 November 2017 2017 (in French)