Charras

Charras
Charras
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Charras
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Montbron
Intercommunality	Seuil Charente-Périgord
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jimmy Maizière
Area1	15.12 km2 (5.84 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	324
• Density	21/km2 (55/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16084 / 16380
Elevation	125–202 m (410–663 ft) (avg. 190 m or 620 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	745	—
1800	685	−8.1%
1806	689	+0.6%
1821	801	+16.3%
1831	823	+2.7%
1841	824	+0.1%
1846	832	+1.0%
1851	843	+1.3%
1856	793	−5.9%
1861	765	−3.5%
1866	685	−10.5%
1872	665	−2.9%
1876	658	−1.1%
1881	640	−2.7%
1886	605	−5.5%
1891	595	−1.7%
1896	599	+0.7%
1901	594	−0.8%
1906	567	−4.5%
1911	506	−10.8%
1921	489	−3.4%
1926	484	−1.0%
1931	504	+4.1%
1936	464	−7.9%
1946	411	−11.4%
1954	390	−5.1%
1962	382	−2.1%
1968	336	−12.0%
1975	324	−3.6%
1982	339	+4.6%
1990	328	−3.2%
1999	294	−10.4%
2008	324	+10.2%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE