Valence, Charente

Valence
Valence
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Valence
Coordinates: 45°53′26″N 0°18′29″E / 45.8906°N 0.3081°ECoordinates: 45°53′26″N 0°18′29″E / 45.8906°N 0.3081°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Mansle
Intercommunality	Pays Manslois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Danielle Gibouleau
Area^1	10.87 km^2 (4.20 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	233
• Density	21/km^2 (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
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	421	—
1800	433	+2.9%
1806	389	−10.2%
1821	450	+15.7%
1831	456	+1.3%
1841	502	+10.1%
1846	507	+1.0%
1851	507	+0.0%
1856	527	+3.9%
1861	487	−7.6%
1866	497	+2.1%
1872	473	−4.8%
1876	484	+2.3%
1881	476	−1.7%
1886	457	−4.0%
1891	437	−4.4%
1896	416	−4.8%
1901	411	−1.2%
1906	411	+0.0%
1911	408	−0.7%
1921	366	−10.3%
1926	373	+1.9%
1931	331	−11.3%
1936	325	−1.8%
1946	338	+4.0%
1954	316	−6.5%
1962	302	−4.4%
1968	242	−19.9%
1975	256	+5.8%
1982	265	+3.5%
1990	212	−20.0%
1999	241	+13.7%
2008	233	−3.3%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE

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