Valence, Charente

Valence
Valence

Coordinates: 45°53′26″N 0°18′29″E / 45.8906°N 0.3081°E / 45.8906; 0.3081Coordinates: 45°53′26″N 0°18′29″E / 45.8906°N 0.3081°E / 45.8906; 0.3081
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Charente
Arrondissement Confolens
Canton Mansle
Intercommunality Pays Manslois
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Danielle Gibouleau
Area1 10.87 km2 (4.20 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 233
  Density 21/km2 (56/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 16392 / 16460
Elevation 72–143 m (236–469 ft)
(avg. 110 m or 360 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.

Valence is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It was not the birthplace of William de Valence, who later became Earl of Pembroke. He was born in the Cistercian abbey of Valence, Couhé-Vérac, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France, near Lusignan.[1]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793421    
1800433+2.9%
1806389−10.2%
1821450+15.7%
1831456+1.3%
1841502+10.1%
1846507+1.0%
1851507+0.0%
1856527+3.9%
1861487−7.6%
1866497+2.1%
1872473−4.8%
1876484+2.3%
1881476−1.7%
1886457−4.0%
1891437−4.4%
1896416−4.8%
1901411−1.2%
1906411+0.0%
1911408−0.7%
1921366−10.3%
1926373+1.9%
1931331−11.3%
1936325−1.8%
1946338+4.0%
1954316−6.5%
1962302−4.4%
1968242−19.9%
1975256+5.8%
1982265+3.5%
1990212−20.0%
1999241+13.7%
2008233−3.3%

See also

References

  1. Complete Peerage, vol. X, p. 377
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