Le Bouchage, Charente

Le Bouchage
Commune
Town hall
Le Bouchage Le Bouchage
Coordinates: 46°02′56″N 0°22′44″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Bonnieure
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Demon
Area 1	16.43 km2 (6.34 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Le Bouchage (French pronunciation: ​[lə buʃaʒ]) 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%

Year Pop. ±% 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