Charmant

Charmant
Charmant
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Charmant
Coordinates: 45°29′50″N 0°11′05″E / 45.4972°N 0.1847°ECoordinates: 45°29′50″N 0°11′05″E / 45.4972°N 0.1847°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Villebois-Lavalette
Intercommunality	Horte et Lavalette
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Jacques Moreau
Area^1	17.15 km^2 (6.62 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	317
• Density	18/km^2 (48/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16082 / 16320
Elevation	89–203 m (292–666 ft) (avg. 123 m or 404 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.

Charmant is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Boisné-la-Tude.^[1]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	619	—
1800	593	−4.2%
1806	610	+2.9%
1821	619	+1.5%
1831	676	+9.2%
1841	686	+1.5%
1846	824	+20.1%
1851	635	−22.9%
1856	642	+1.1%
1861	553	−13.9%
1866	619	+11.9%
1872	539	−12.9%
1876	550	+2.0%
1881	539	−2.0%
1886	476	−11.7%
1891	459	−3.6%
1896	485	+5.7%
1901	450	−7.2%
1906	433	−3.8%
1911	417	−3.7%
1921	436	+4.6%
1926	427	−2.1%
1931	418	−2.1%
1936	402	−3.8%
1946	428	+6.5%
1954	405	−5.4%
1962	382	−5.7%
1968	307	−19.6%
1975	270	−12.1%
1982	265	−1.9%
1990	323	+21.9%
1999	327	+1.2%
2008	317	−3.1%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE

1. Arrêté préfectoral 17 November 2015 (French)