Ars, Charente

Ars
Town hall
Ars
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Ars
Coordinates: 45°38′38″N 0°22′52″W / 45.6439°N 0.3811°WCoordinates: 45°38′38″N 0°22′52″W / 45.6439°N 0.3811°W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Cognac-Sud
Intercommunality	Cognac
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marie-Paule Guilloton
Area^1	11.40 km^2 (4.40 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	722
• Density	63/km^2 (160/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16018 / 16130
Elevation	5–58 m (16–190 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	550	—
1800	569	+3.5%
1806	575	+1.1%
1821	635	+10.4%
1831	735	+15.7%
1841	704	−4.2%
1846	711	+1.0%
1851	712	+0.1%
1856	727	+2.1%
1861	733	+0.8%
1866	707	−3.5%
1872	626	−11.5%
1876	562	−10.2%
1881	557	−0.9%
1886	485	−12.9%
1891	482	−0.6%
1896	473	−1.9%
1901	519	+9.7%
1906	528	+1.7%
1911	514	−2.7%
1921	508	−1.2%
1926	437	−14.0%
1931	506	+15.8%
1936	505	−0.2%
1946	408	−19.2%
1954	404	−1.0%
1962	404	+0.0%
1968	417	+3.2%
1975	482	+15.6%
1982	639	+32.6%
1990	750	+17.4%
1999	746	−0.5%
2008	722	−3.2%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE