Villars, Dordogne

Villars
Villars
Location within Aquitaine region  Villars
Coordinates: 45°25′17″N 0°45′21″E / 45.4214°N 0.7558°ECoordinates: 45°25′17″N 0°45′21″E / 45.4214°N 0.7558°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Nontron
Canton	Champagnac-de-Belair
Intercommunality	Pays de Champagnac-en-Périgord
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Grolhier
Area^1	27.67 km^2 (10.68 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	479
• Density	17/km^2 (45/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	24582 / 24530
Elevation	125–240 m (410–787 ft) (avg. 225 m or 738 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.

Villars is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. Nearby towns include Brantome and Nontron. Villars has a bakery/patisserie and such attractions as the Grotte de Villars and the Abbaye de Boschaud.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,633	—
1800	1,473	−9.8%
1806	1,310	−11.1%
1821	1,573	+20.1%
1831	1,710	+8.7%
1836	1,735	+1.5%
1841	1,623	−6.5%
1846	1,742	+7.3%
1851	1,772	+1.7%
1856	1,787	+0.8%
1861	1,722	−3.6%
1866	1,723	+0.1%
1872	1,669	−3.1%
1876	1,727	+3.5%
1881	1,684	−2.5%
1886	1,623	−3.6%
1891	1,530	−5.7%
1896	1,507	−1.5%
1901	1,438	−4.6%
1906	1,343	−6.6%
1911	1,235	−8.0%
1921	1,071	−13.3%
1926	1,030	−3.8%
1931	1,013	−1.7%
1936	1,039	+2.6%
1946	930	−10.5%
1954	792	−14.8%
1962	802	+1.3%
1968	735	−8.4%
1975	647	−12.0%
1982	586	−9.4%
1990	568	−3.1%
1999	526	−7.4%
2008	479	−8.9%

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne department

References

• INSEE