Oradour, Charente

Oradour
Town hall and war memorial
Oradour
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Oradour
Coordinates: 45°54′27″N 0°01′50″W / 45.9075°N 0.0306°WCoordinates: 45°54′27″N 0°01′50″W / 45.9075°N 0.0306°W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Aigre
Intercommunality	Pays d'Aigre
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yves Clément
Area^1	14.40 km^2 (5.56 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	204
• Density	14/km^2 (37/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16248 / 16140
Elevation	65–120 m (213–394 ft) (avg. 77 m or 253 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.

Oradour, commonly called Oradour-d'Aigre, is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	437	—
1800	675	+54.5%
1806	705	+4.4%
1821	773	+9.6%
1831	803	+3.9%
1841	861	+7.2%
1846	863	+0.2%
1851	853	−1.2%
1856	784	−8.1%
1861	749	−4.5%
1866	780	+4.1%
1872	736	−5.6%
1876	718	−2.4%
1881	722	+0.6%
1886	641	−11.2%
1891	602	−6.1%
1896	624	+3.7%
1901	593	−5.0%
1906	593	+0.0%
1911	557	−6.1%
1921	518	−7.0%
1926	483	−6.8%
1931	462	−4.3%
1936	425	−8.0%
1946	404	−4.9%
1954	392	−3.0%
1962	348	−11.2%
1968	296	−14.9%
1975	259	−12.5%
1982	250	−3.5%
1990	225	−10.0%
1999	201	−10.7%
2008	204	+1.5%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE