Touvre

Touvre
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Touvre
Touvre Touvre
Coordinates: 45°39′43″N 0°15′35″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Touvre-et-Braconne
Intercommunality	Grand Angoulême
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Brigitte Baptiste
Area 1	9.06 km2 (3.50 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,141
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16385 /16600
Elevation	42–161 m (138–528 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Touvre (French pronunciation: [tuvʁ]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 245 —     1800 276 +12.7% 1806 226 −18.1% 1821 282 +24.8% 1831 274 −2.8% 1841 325 +18.6% 1846 334 +2.8% 1851 319 −4.5% 1856 319 +0.0% 1861 380 +19.1% 1866 347 −8.7% 1872 376 +8.4% 1876 397 +5.6% 1881 422 +6.3% 1886 459 +8.8% 1891 549 +19.6% 1896 504 −8.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 492 −2.4% 1906 530 +7.7% 1911 571 +7.7% 1921 489 −14.4% 1926 461 −5.7% 1931 504 +9.3% 1936 534 +6.0% 1946 479 −10.3% 1954 471 −1.7% 1962 567 +20.4% 1968 604 +6.5% 1975 785 +30.0% 1982 933 +18.9% 1990 1,020 +9.3% 1999 1,024 +0.4% 2008 1,109 +8.3%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

External links

• Official site