Empuré

Empuré
Commune
The church and surroundings in Empuré
Location of Empuré
Empuré Empuré
Coordinates: 46°01′25″N 0°03′09″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Nord
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Francis Marquet
Area 1	8.37 km2 (3.23 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	93
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16127 /16240
Elevation	84–156 m (276–512 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Bounded on the west by the Fountaine de Frédières, a small tributary of the Aume, the town lies on a plateau, located 3 km northwest of Villefagnan and 13 km west of Ruffec. The main crop is cereals.

The main route is the D27 route which crosses the commune from the north-west to south-east, which passes near the town of Empuré. The communes contains the hamlets Planchard in the west bordering the commune of Paizay-Naudouin-Embourie, Le Pouyaud to the north of the town and Bellevue etc.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 291 —     1800 300 +3.1% 1806 326 +8.7% 1821 332 +1.8% 1831 358 +7.8% 1841 350 −2.2% 1846 338 −3.4% 1851 320 −5.3% 1856 318 −0.6% 1861 318 +0.0% 1866 294 −7.5% 1872 289 −1.7% 1876 289 +0.0% 1881 283 −2.1% 1886 292 +3.2% 1891 262 −10.3% 1896 250 −4.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 232 −7.2% 1906 237 +2.2% 1911 240 +1.3% 1921 180 −25.0% 1926 227 +26.1% 1931 191 −15.9% 1936 188 −1.6% 1946 160 −14.9% 1954 166 +3.8% 1962 155 −6.6% 1968 151 −2.6% 1975 112 −25.8% 1982 112 +0.0% 1990 113 +0.9% 1999 108 −4.4% 2008 120 +11.1%

Sights

Saint-Maixent

Église Saint-Maixent, a remarkable building from the twelfth century is characterised by its arched gateway, and the symbolic corbels that adorn its façade. It was classified a historical monument on May 9, 1914.

There is also a chateau in the commune and a town hall, built in the 16th century.

See also

• Communes of the Charente department