La Forêt-de-Tessé

La Forêt-de-Tessé
Town hall
La Forêt-de-Tessé
Location within Poitou-Charentes region La Forêt-de-Tessé
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Villefagnan
Intercommunality	Pays de Villefagnan
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Dominique Ravaud
Area1	10.70 km2 (4.13 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	205
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16142 / 16240
Elevation	120–158 m (394–518 ft) (avg. 143 m or 469 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.

La Forêt-de-Tessé commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	772	—
1800	716	−7.3%
1806	819	+14.4%
1821	911	+11.2%
1831	904	−0.8%
1841	904	+0.0%
1846	860	−4.9%
1851	853	−0.8%
1856	808	−5.3%
1861	713	−11.8%
1866	705	−1.1%
1872	639	−9.4%
1876	646	+1.1%
1881	663	+2.6%
1886	629	−5.1%
1891	624	−0.8%
1896	584	−6.4%
1901	554	−5.1%
1906	553	−0.2%
1911	517	−6.5%
1921	458	−11.4%
1926	438	−4.4%
1931	421	−3.9%
1936	405	−3.8%
1946	396	−2.2%
1954	395	−0.3%
1962	339	−14.2%
1968	284	−16.2%
1975	249	−12.3%
1982	222	−10.8%
1990	212	−4.5%
1999	195	−8.0%
2008	205	+5.1%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE