La Magdeleine, Charente

For the Italian commune, see La Magdeleine.

La Magdeleine
Commune
Gate of the town hall
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Coordinates: 46°03′06″N 0°04′27″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Nord
Intercommunality	Val de Charente
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Monique Lericolais
Area 1	6.68 km2 (2.58 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16197 /16240
Elevation	128–159 m (420–522 ft) (avg. 130 m or 430 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Magdeleine (French pronunciation: ​[la maɡdəlɛn]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 381 —     1800 416 +9.2% 1806 509 +22.4% 1821 450 −11.6% 1831 450 +0.0% 1841 402 −10.7% 1846 457 +13.7% 1851 446 −2.4% 1856 454 +1.8% 1861 418 −7.9% 1866 439 +5.0% 1872 393 −10.5% 1876 379 −3.6% 1881 381 +0.5% 1886 383 +0.5% 1891 363 −5.2% 1896 326 −10.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 316 −3.1% 1906 298 −5.7% 1911 285 −4.4% 1921 252 −11.6% 1926 245 −2.8% 1931 247 +0.8% 1936 216 −12.6% 1946 214 −0.9% 1954 221 +3.3% 1962 192 −13.1% 1968 153 −20.3% 1975 135 −11.8% 1982 129 −4.4% 1990 125 −3.1% 1999 119 −4.8% 2008 120 +0.8%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department