Lesterps

Lesterps
Commune
Entering Lesterps from Confolens
Coat of arms
Location of Lesterps
Lesterps Lesterps
Coordinates: 46°00′41″N 0°46′53″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Vienne
Intercommunality	Charente Limousine
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Daniel Soupizet
Area 1	36.03 km2 (13.91 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	441
• Density	12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16182 /16420
Elevation	170–275 m (558–902 ft) (avg. 260 m or 850 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lesterps (French pronunciation: [letɛʁ]; L'Esterp in Limousin, an Occitan dialect) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

The inhabitants are called Lesterrois and Lesterroises.

Geography

Lesterps is located in Charente Limousin, in the north-east of the Charente department and borders Haute-Vienne. The village of Lesterps, 9 km east of Confolens, is a major market town. It is 16 km from Chabanais, 17 km from Saint-Junien, 42 km from Limoges and 63 km from Angoulême.

The town is well served by roads. The D30, from Confolens to Limoges via Saint-Junien, crosses it from west to east, and the D29, from Saulgond to Brillac, crosses it from south to north. The D82 east of the village goes to Limoges via Saint-Christophe. The nearest train station is  Chabanais, served by TER to Angoulême and Limoges.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,457 —     1800 1,510 +3.6% 1806 1,374 −9.0% 1821 1,396 +1.6% 1831 1,426 +2.1% 1841 1,385 −2.9% 1846 1,427 +3.0% 1851 1,361 −4.6% 1856 1,355 −0.4% 1861 1,281 −5.5% 1866 1,320 +3.0% 1872 1,355 +2.7% 1876 1,375 +1.5% 1881 1,455 +5.8% 1886 1,436 −1.3% 1891 1,464 +1.9% 1896 1,461 −0.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 1,413 −3.3% 1906 1,361 −3.7% 1911 1,365 +0.3% 1921 1,216 −10.9% 1926 1,125 −7.5% 1931 1,085 −3.6% 1936 1,047 −3.5% 1946 957 −8.6% 1954 906 −5.3% 1962 801 −11.6% 1968 754 −5.9% 1975 623 −17.4% 1982 557 −10.6% 1990 560 +0.5% 1999 594 +6.1% 2008 484 −18.5%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department