Ruelle-sur-Touvre
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  Ruelle-sur-Touvre | ||
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Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Ruelle-sur-Touvre | ||
| Coordinates: 45°40′43″N 0°13′16″E / 45.6786°N 0.2211°ECoordinates: 45°40′43″N 0°13′16″E / 45.6786°N 0.2211°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | Angoulême | |
| Canton | Ruelle-sur-Touvre | |
| Intercommunality | Grand Angoulême | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Michel Broncy | |
| Area1 | 10.66 km2 (4.12 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 7,436 | |
| • Density | 700/km2 (1,800/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 16291 / 16600 | |
| Elevation | 32–170 m (105–558 ft) | |
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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. | ||
Ruelle-sur-Touvre is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 981 | — |
| 1800 | 1,189 | +21.2% |
| 1806 | 1,075 | −9.6% |
| 1821 | 1,211 | +12.7% |
| 1831 | 1,215 | +0.3% |
| 1841 | 1,508 | +24.1% |
| 1846 | 1,625 | +7.8% |
| 1851 | 1,579 | −2.8% |
| 1856 | 1,429 | −9.5% |
| 1861 | 1,635 | +14.4% |
| 1866 | 1,733 | +6.0% |
| 1872 | 1,831 | +5.7% |
| 1876 | 2,039 | +11.4% |
| 1881 | 2,554 | +25.3% |
| 1886 | 2,797 | +9.5% |
| 1891 | 2,914 | +4.2% |
| 1896 | 3,615 | +24.1% |
| 1901 | 4,030 | +11.5% |
| 1906 | 4,071 | +1.0% |
| 1911 | 4,187 | +2.8% |
| 1921 | 3,944 | −5.8% |
| 1926 | 3,982 | +1.0% |
| 1931 | 4,264 | +7.1% |
| 1936 | 4,500 | +5.5% |
| 1946 | 4,811 | +6.9% |
| 1954 | 5,366 | +11.5% |
| 1962 | 5,855 | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 6,507 | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 8,152 | +25.3% |
| 1982 | 7,769 | −4.7% |
| 1990 | 7,203 | −7.3% |
| 1999 | 7,230 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 7,436 | +2.8% |
International relations
The commune has been twinned with Amstetten, Lower Austria since 1972 and Banbridge in Northern Ireland since 1994.
See also
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