Courbillac

Courbillac
Town hall
Courbillac
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Courbillac
Coordinates: 45°46′07″N 0°10′46″W / 45.7686°N 0.1794°WCoordinates: 45°46′07″N 0°10′46″W / 45.7686°N 0.1794°W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Rouillac
Intercommunality	Rouillacais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Cote
Area^1	11.83 km^2 (4.57 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	600
• Density	51/km^2 (130/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16109 / 16200
Elevation	25–70 m (82–230 ft) (avg. 38 m or 125 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.

Courbillac is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. In 1886, Philippe Delamain, a merchant from Jarnac, discovered by chance a cemetery from the Merovingian period in Herpes near Courbillac. He found an outstanding collection of weapons, brooches, jewellery and vases dating from the time when the Franks had settled in Herpes (5th-7th centuries AD). His collection was dispersed soon after its discovery but a significant proportion is in the British Museum, London.^[1]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	535	—
1800	613	+14.6%
1806	598	−2.4%
1821	612	+2.3%
1831	680	+11.1%
1841	920	+35.3%
1846	950	+3.3%
1851	965	+1.6%
1856	990	+2.6%
1861	1,034	+4.4%
1866	961	−7.1%
1872	946	−1.6%
1876	884	−6.6%
1881	814	−7.9%
1886	761	−6.5%
1891	706	−7.2%
1896	689	−2.4%
1901	691	+0.3%
1906	653	−5.5%
1911	640	−2.0%
1921	528	−17.5%
1926	553	+4.7%
1931	518	−6.3%
1936	516	−0.4%
1946	457	−11.4%
1954	423	−7.4%
1962	411	−2.8%
1968	400	−2.7%
1975	426	+6.5%
1982	456	+7.0%
1990	473	+3.7%
1999	502	+6.1%
2008	600	+19.5%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE

1. British Museum Collection

External links

• Website of the Commune of Courbillac