Fouqueure

Fouqueure
Fouqueure
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Fouqueure
Coordinates: 45°53′05″N 0°04′26″E / 45.8847°N 0.0739°ECoordinates: 45°53′05″N 0°04′26″E / 45.8847°N 0.0739°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Aigre
Intercommunality	Pays d'Aigre
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Rossignol
Area^1	16.43 km^2 (6.34 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	426
• Density	26/km^2 (67/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16144 / 16140
Elevation	50–123 m (164–404 ft) (avg. 70 m or 230 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,069	—
1800	953	−10.9%
1806	969	+1.7%
1821	1,016	+4.9%
1831	1,045	+2.9%
1841	1,042	−0.3%
1846	1,023	−1.8%
1851	1,055	+3.1%
1856	1,030	−2.4%
1861	980	−4.9%
1866	975	−0.5%
1872	948	−2.8%
1876	915	−3.5%
1881	879	−3.9%
1886	831	−5.5%
1891	760	−8.5%
1896	740	−2.6%
1901	709	−4.2%
1906	693	−2.3%
1911	774	+11.7%
1921	634	−18.1%
1926	617	−2.7%
1931	596	−3.4%
1936	579	−2.9%
1946	541	−6.6%
1954	530	−2.0%
1962	531	+0.2%
1968	490	−7.7%
1975	471	−3.9%
1982	437	−7.2%
1990	426	−2.5%
1999	428	+0.5%
2008	426	−0.5%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE