Rancogne

Rancogne
Rancogne
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Rancogne
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	La Rochefoucauld
Intercommunality	Val de Tardoire
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Joseph Vinet
Area1	12.52 km2 (4.83 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	375
• Density	30/km2 (78/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16274 / 16110
Elevation	81–136 m (266–446 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	401	—
1800	355	−11.5%
1806	439	+23.7%
1821	458	+4.3%
1831	468	+2.2%
1841	487	+4.1%
1846	514	+5.5%
1851	482	−6.2%
1856	437	−9.3%
1861	410	−6.2%
1866	415	+1.2%
1872	391	−5.8%
1876	421	+7.7%
1881	449	+6.7%
1886	431	−4.0%
1891	448	+3.9%
1896	412	−8.0%
1901	380	−7.8%
1906	355	−6.6%
1911	367	+3.4%
1921	330	−10.1%
1926	322	−2.4%
1931	293	−9.0%
1936	297	+1.4%
1946	270	−9.1%
1954	280	+3.7%
1962	259	−7.5%
1968	252	−2.7%
1975	239	−5.2%
1982	264	+10.5%
1990	315	+19.3%
1999	330	+4.8%
2008	375	+13.6%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE