Lignières-Sonneville

Lignières-Sonneville
Chateau and town hall
Lignières-Sonneville
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Lignières-Sonneville
Coordinates: 45°33′35″N 0°10′54″W / 45.5597°N 0.1817°WCoordinates: 45°33′35″N 0°10′54″W / 45.5597°N 0.1817°W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Segonzac
Intercommunality	Grande Champagne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patrick Vigneron-Larosa
Area^1	16.36 km^2 (6.32 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	599
• Density	37/km^2 (95/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16186 / 16130
Elevation	40–143 m (131–469 ft) (avg. 53 m or 174 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.

Lignières-Sonneville is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	517	—
1800	567	+9.7%
1806	542	−4.4%
1821	434	−19.9%
1831	611	+40.8%
1841	930	+52.2%
1846	903	−2.9%
1851	958	+6.1%
1856	909	−5.1%
1861	1,029	+13.2%
1866	1,005	−2.3%
1872	908	−9.7%
1876	940	+3.5%
1881	831	−11.6%
1886	770	−7.3%
1891	719	−6.6%
1896	708	−1.5%
1901	751	+6.1%
1906	804	+7.1%
1911	722	−10.2%
1921	773	+7.1%
1926	751	−2.8%
1931	777	+3.5%
1936	751	−3.3%
1946	734	−2.3%
1954	737	+0.4%
1962	705	−4.3%
1968	701	−0.6%
1975	615	−12.3%
1982	597	−2.9%
1990	603	+1.0%
1999	614	+1.8%
2008	599	−2.4%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE