Raix

Raix
Town hall
Raix
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Raix
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Villefagnan
Intercommunality	Pays de Villefagnan
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Joël Lassoudière
Area1	6.87 km2 (2.65 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	149
• Density	22/km2 (56/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16273 / 16240
Elevation	89–146 m (292–479 ft) (avg. 320 m or 1,050 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	452	—
1800	435	−3.8%
1806	418	−3.9%
1821	501	+19.9%
1831	432	−13.8%
1841	438	+1.4%
1846	480	+9.6%
1851	465	−3.1%
1856	433	−6.9%
1861	365	−15.7%
1866	382	+4.7%
1872	342	−10.5%
1876	349	+2.0%
1881	387	+10.9%
1886	369	−4.7%
1891	355	−3.8%
1896	309	−13.0%
1901	295	−4.5%
1906	287	−2.7%
1911	290	+1.0%
1921	256	−11.7%
1926	261	+2.0%
1931	245	−6.1%
1936	246	+0.4%
1946	219	−11.0%
1954	234	+6.8%
1962	188	−19.7%
1968	170	−9.6%
1975	171	+0.6%
1982	185	+8.2%
1990	152	−17.8%
1999	150	−1.3%
2008	149	−0.7%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE