Sainte-Sévère

Sainte-Sévère
Town hall
Sainte-Sévère
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Sainte-Sévère
Coordinates: 45°45′13″N 0°14′14″W / 45.7536°N 0.2372°WCoordinates: 45°45′13″N 0°14′14″W / 45.7536°N 0.2372°W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Jarnac
Intercommunality	Jarnac
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Dupays
Area^1	18.31 km^2 (7.07 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	540
• Density	29/km^2 (76/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16349 / 16200
Elevation	11–31 m (36–102 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.

Sainte-Sévère is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	484	—
1800	547	+13.0%
1806	602	+10.1%
1821	789	+31.1%
1831	739	−6.3%
1841	795	+7.6%
1846	789	−0.8%
1851	813	+3.0%
1856	847	+4.2%
1861	846	−0.1%
1866	809	−4.4%
1872	824	+1.9%
1876	803	−2.5%
1881	792	−1.4%
1886	801	+1.1%
1891	733	−8.5%
1896	772	+5.3%
1901	729	−5.6%
1906	706	−3.2%
1911	673	−4.7%
1921	577	−14.3%
1926	529	−8.3%
1931	545	+3.0%
1936	569	+4.4%
1946	525	−7.7%
1954	492	−6.3%
1962	466	−5.3%
1968	474	+1.7%
1975	499	+5.3%
1982	509	+2.0%
1990	578	+13.6%
1999	550	−4.8%
2008	540	−1.8%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE