Gurat

Gurat
Church and village car-park
Gurat
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Gurat
Coordinates: 45°25′49″N 0°16′13″E / 45.4303°N 0.2703°ECoordinates: 45°25′49″N 0°16′13″E / 45.4303°N 0.2703°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Villebois-Lavalette
Intercommunality	Horte et Lavalette
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Lagarde
Area^1	16.03 km^2 (6.19 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	188
• Density	12/km^2 (30/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16162 / 16320
Elevation	72–197 m (236–646 ft) (avg. 87 m or 285 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.

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

Geography

The Lizonne forms the commune's southeastern border.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	588	—
1800	603	+2.6%
1806	573	−5.0%
1821	666	+16.2%
1831	705	+5.9%
1841	688	−2.4%
1846	659	−4.2%
1851	660	+0.2%
1856	650	−1.5%
1861	637	−2.0%
1866	602	−5.5%
1872	575	−4.5%
1876	567	−1.4%
1881	553	−2.5%
1886	511	−7.6%
1891	506	−1.0%
1896	514	+1.6%
1901	502	−2.3%
1906	510	+1.6%
1911	505	−1.0%
1921	506	+0.2%
1926	505	−0.2%
1931	504	−0.2%
1936	436	−13.5%
1946	345	−20.9%
1954	322	−6.7%
1962	324	+0.6%
1968	261	−19.4%
1975	216	−17.2%
1982	234	+8.3%
1990	210	−10.3%
1999	184	−12.4%
2008	188	+2.2%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE