Le Bouchage, Charente

Le Bouchage
Town hall
Le Bouchage
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Le Bouchage
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Champagne-Mouton
Intercommunality	Confolentais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Demon
Area1	16.43 km2 (6.34 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	168
• Density	10/km2 (26/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16054 / 16350
Elevation	133–193 m (436–633 ft) (avg. 191 m or 627 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.

Le Bouchage is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	430	—
1800	512	+19.1%
1806	671	+31.1%
1821	472	−29.7%
1831	428	−9.3%
1841	473	+10.5%
1846	498	+5.3%
1851	521	+4.6%
1856	530	+1.7%
1861	560	+5.7%
1866	586	+4.6%
1872	506	−13.7%
1876	498	−1.6%
1881	497	−0.2%
1886	560	+12.7%
1891	561	+0.2%
1896	514	−8.4%
1901	494	−3.9%
1906	504	+2.0%
1911	475	−5.8%
1921	412	−13.3%
1926	386	−6.3%
1931	403	+4.4%
1936	369	−8.4%
1946	364	−1.4%
1954	346	−4.9%
1962	327	−5.5%
1968	290	−11.3%
1975	246	−15.2%
1982	232	−5.7%
1990	197	−15.1%
1999	190	−3.6%
2008	168	−11.6%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE