Roumazières-Loubert

Roumazières-Loubert (French pronunciation: [ʁumazjɛʁ lubɛʁ]; Occitan: Romasieras Loberc) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Terres-de-Haute-Charente.^[2]

Roumazières-Loubert
Part of Terres-de-Haute-Charente
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Roumazières-Loubert
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Coordinates: 45°53′45″N 0°34′34″E / 45.8958°N 0.5761°E / 45.8958; 0.5761
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Bonnieure
Commune	Terres-de-Haute-Charente
Area ^1	46.59 km^2 (17.99 sq mi)
Population  (2019)^[1]	2,485
• Density	53/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	16270
Elevation	155–245 m (509–804 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 595 —     1800 132 −77.8% 1806 132 +0.0% 1821 144 +9.1% 1831 141 −2.1% 1841 631 +347.5% 1846 638 +1.1% 1851 649 +1.7% 1856 630 −2.9% 1861 583 −7.5% 1866 580 −0.5% 1872 572 −1.4% 1876 617 +7.9% 1881 757 +22.7% 1886 844 +11.5% 1891 799 −5.3% 1896 771 −3.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 930 +20.6% 1906 1,155 +24.2% 1911 1,554 +34.5% 1921 1,519 −2.3% 1926 1,667 +9.7% 1931 1,672 +0.3% 1936 1,572 −6.0% 1946 1,413 −10.1% 1954 1,525 +7.9% 1962 1,551 +1.7% 1968 1,596 +2.9% 1975 3,146 +97.1% 1982 3,007 −4.4% 1990 3,002 −0.2% 1999 2,779 −7.4% 2008 2,558 −8.0%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 28 September 2018, p. 19 (in French)

 

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