Saint-Séverin

Saint-Séverin
Saint-Séverin
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Saint-Séverin
Coordinates: 45°18′50″N 0°15′16″E / 45.3139°N 0.2544°ECoordinates: 45°18′50″N 0°15′16″E / 45.3139°N 0.2544°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Aubeterre-sur-Dronne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Rivière
Area^1	14.93 km^2 (5.76 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	787
• Density	53/km^2 (140/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16350 / 16390
Elevation	45–134 m (148–440 ft) (avg. 108 m or 354 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.

Saint-Séverin is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Geography

The Lizonne forms the commune's eastern border, then flows into the Dronne, which forms the commune's southern border.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,144	—
1800	1,256	+9.8%
1806	1,299	+3.4%
1821	1,240	−4.5%
1831	1,293	+4.3%
1841	1,302	+0.7%
1846	1,332	+2.3%
1851	1,379	+3.5%
1856	1,396	+1.2%
1861	1,363	−2.4%
1866	1,496	+9.8%
1872	1,278	−14.6%
1876	1,290	+0.9%
1881	1,405	+8.9%
1886	1,258	−10.5%
1891	1,273	+1.2%
1896	1,182	−7.1%
1901	1,114	−5.8%
1906	1,123	+0.8%
1911	1,147	+2.1%
1921	970	−15.4%
1926	968	−0.2%
1931	907	−6.3%
1936	911	+0.4%
1946	872	−4.3%
1954	861	−1.3%
1962	842	−2.2%
1968	824	−2.1%
1975	721	−12.5%
1982	741	+2.8%
1990	777	+4.9%
1999	728	−6.3%
2008	787	+8.1%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE