Coulgens

Coulgens
Commune
Town hall
Coulgens Coulgens
Coordinates: 45°48′44″N 0°17′16″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Val de Tardoire
Intercommunality	La Rochefoucauld - Porte du Périgord
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Véronique Pichon
Area 1	11.70 km2 (4.52 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16107 /16560
Elevation	65–127 m (213–417 ft) (avg. 82 m or 269 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Coulgens (French pronunciation: ​[kulʒɑ̃]; Occitan: Colgent) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1800 762 —     1806 717 −5.9% 1821 748 +4.3% 1831 844 +12.8% 1841 796 −5.7% 1846 793 −0.4% 1851 844 +6.4% 1856 798 −5.5% 1861 802 +0.5% 1866 744 −7.2% 1872 758 +1.9% 1876 717 −5.4% 1881 659 −8.1% 1886 628 −4.7% 1891 589 −6.2% 1896 532 −9.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 529 −0.6% 1906 521 −1.5% 1911 523 +0.4% 1921 474 −9.4% 1926 436 −8.0% 1931 450 +3.2% 1936 419 −6.9% 1946 411 −1.9% 1954 394 −4.1% 1962 413 +4.8% 1968 399 −3.4% 1975 379 −5.0% 1982 418 +10.3% 1990 389 −6.9% 1999 382 −1.8% 2008 488 +27.7%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department