Écuras

Écuras
Town hall
Écuras
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Écuras
Coordinates: 45°41′04″N 0°34′05″E / 45.6844°N 0.5681°ECoordinates: 45°41′04″N 0°34′05″E / 45.6844°N 0.5681°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Montbron
Intercommunality	Seuil Charente-Périgord
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Fils
Area^1	24.22 km^2 (9.35 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	638
• Density	26/km^2 (68/sq mi)
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 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

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%
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

• INSEE