Souvigné, Charente

Souvigné
Souvigné
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Souvigné
Coordinates: 45°58′20″N 0°03′31″E / 45.9722°N 0.0586°ECoordinates: 45°58′20″N 0°03′31″E / 45.9722°N 0.0586°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Villefagnan
Intercommunality	Pays de Villefagnan
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Ferret
Area^1	10.37 km^2 (4.00 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	240
• Density	23/km^2 (60/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16373 / 16240
Elevation	80–129 m (262–423 ft) (avg. 130 m or 430 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.

Souvigné is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	520	—
1800	541	+4.0%
1806	534	−1.3%
1821	570	+6.7%
1831	675	+18.4%
1841	681	+0.9%
1846	678	−0.4%
1851	625	−7.8%
1856	630	+0.8%
1861	653	+3.7%
1866	615	−5.8%
1872	531	−13.7%
1876	601	+13.2%
1881	600	−0.2%
1886	535	−10.8%
1891	516	−3.6%
1896	447	−13.4%
1901	452	+1.1%
1906	440	−2.7%
1911	442	+0.5%
1921	403	−8.8%
1926	370	−8.2%
1931	342	−7.6%
1936	362	+5.8%
1946	350	−3.3%
1954	346	−1.1%
1962	300	−13.3%
1968	307	+2.3%
1975	268	−12.7%
1982	235	−12.3%
1990	227	−3.4%
1999	232	+2.2%
2008	240	+3.4%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE