Bécheresse

Bécheresse
Town hall
Bécheresse
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Bécheresse
Coordinates: 45°30′01″N 0°05′04″E / 45.5003°N 0.0844°ECoordinates: 45°30′01″N 0°05′04″E / 45.5003°N 0.0844°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Blanzac-Porcheresse
Intercommunality	Blanzacais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gérard Puaud
Area^1	8.38 km^2 (3.24 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	242
• Density	29/km^2 (75/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16036 / 16250
Elevation	95–183 m (312–600 ft) (avg. 183 m or 600 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	700	—
1800	676	−3.4%
1806	639	−5.5%
1821	693	+8.5%
1831	610	−12.0%
1841	573	−6.1%
1846	536	−6.5%
1851	587	+9.5%
1856	492	−16.2%
1861	504	+2.4%
1866	512	+1.6%
1872	453	−11.5%
1876	430	−5.1%
1881	439	+2.1%
1886	411	−6.4%
1891	344	−16.3%
1896	370	+7.6%
1901	420	+13.5%
1906	373	−11.2%
1911	365	−2.1%
1921	321	−12.1%
1926	311	−3.1%
1931	286	−8.0%
1936	270	−5.6%
1946	255	−5.6%
1954	264	+3.5%
1962	270	+2.3%
1968	259	−4.1%
1975	218	−15.8%
1982	246	+12.8%
1990	217	−11.8%
1999	207	−4.6%
2008	242	+16.9%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE