Lesterps

Lesterps
Coat of arms
Lesterps
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Lesterps
Coordinates: 46°00′41″N 0°46′53″E / 46.0114°N 0.7814°ECoordinates: 46°00′41″N 0°46′53″E / 46.0114°N 0.7814°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Confolens-Sud
Intercommunality	Confolentais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Thibaut
Area^1	36.03 km^2 (13.91 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	484
• Density	13/km^2 (35/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16182 / 16420
Elevation	170–275 m (558–902 ft) (avg. 260 m or 850 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.

Lesterps (L'Esterp in Limousin, an Occitan dialect) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

The inhabitants are called Lesterrois and Lesterroises.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,457	—
1800	1,510	+3.6%
1806	1,374	−9.0%
1821	1,396	+1.6%
1831	1,426	+2.1%
1841	1,385	−2.9%
1846	1,427	+3.0%
1851	1,361	−4.6%
1856	1,355	−0.4%
1861	1,281	−5.5%
1866	1,320	+3.0%
1872	1,355	+2.7%
1876	1,375	+1.5%
1881	1,455	+5.8%
1886	1,436	−1.3%
1891	1,464	+1.9%
1896	1,461	−0.2%
1901	1,413	−3.3%
1906	1,361	−3.7%
1911	1,365	+0.3%
1921	1,216	−10.9%
1926	1,125	−7.5%
1931	1,085	−3.6%
1936	1,047	−3.5%
1946	957	−8.6%
1954	906	−5.3%
1962	801	−11.6%
1968	754	−5.9%
1975	623	−17.4%
1982	557	−10.6%
1990	560	+0.5%
1999	594	+6.1%
2008	484	−18.5%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE