Vouthon

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

Vouthon
Commune
Town hall
Location of Vouthon
Vouthon Vouthon
Coordinates: 45°40′13″N 0°27′43″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Val de Tardoire
Intercommunality	La Rochefoucauld-Porte du Périgord
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Jean-Paul Cailleteau
Area ^1	10.38 km^2 (4.01 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	419
• Density	40/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16421 /16220
Elevation	93–172 m (305–564 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Jean de Vouthon (1356 - 1446), the maternal grandfather of Joan of Arc, was Seigneur de [Lord of] Vouthon.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	422	—
1800	458	+8.5%
1806	470	+2.6%
1821	559	+18.9%
1831	539	−3.6%
1841	543	+0.7%
1846	505	−7.0%
1851	518	+2.6%
1856	509	−1.7%
1861	534	+4.9%
1866	482	−9.7%
1872	477	−1.0%
1876	500	+4.8%
1881	503	+0.6%
1886	478	−5.0%
1891	453	−5.2%
1896	422	−6.8%
1901	409	−3.1%
1906	404	−1.2%
1911	401	−0.7%
1921	362	−9.7%
1926	340	−6.1%
1931	321	−5.6%
1936	305	−5.0%
1946	296	−3.0%
1954	292	−1.4%
1962	326	+11.6%
1968	307	−5.8%
1975	302	−1.6%
1990	351	+16.2%
1999	327	−6.8%
2006	341	+4.3%
2007	343	+0.6%
2008	345	+0.6%
2013	426	+23.5%
2015	436	+2.3%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

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