Les Gours

Les Gours
Commune
Town hall
Les Gours Les Gours
Coordinates: 45°57′45″N 0°03′57″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Nord
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Didier Texier
Area 1	11.42 km2 (4.41 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16155 /16140
Elevation	77–119 m (253–390 ft) (avg. 85 m or 279 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Gours (French pronunciation: ​[le ɡuʁ]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 242 —     1800 224 −7.4% 1806 306 +36.6% 1821 305 −0.3% 1831 308 +1.0% 1841 262 −14.9% 1846 280 +6.9% 1851 255 −8.9% 1856 262 +2.7% 1861 281 +7.3% 1866 264 −6.0% 1872 247 −6.4% 1876 219 −11.3% 1881 250 +14.2% 1886 219 −12.4% 1891 227 +3.7% 1896 203 −10.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 181 −10.8% 1906 209 +15.5% 1911 198 −5.3% 1921 196 −1.0% 1926 203 +3.6% 1931 195 −3.9% 1936 207 +6.2% 1946 198 −4.3% 1954 221 +11.6% 1962 227 +2.7% 1968 189 −16.7% 1975 163 −13.8% 1982 143 −12.3% 1990 142 −0.7% 1999 145 +2.1% 2008 126 −13.1%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department