Rouillac, Charente

Rouillac is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2016, the former communes Plaizac and Sonneville were merged into Rouillac.[2] On 1 January 2019, the former commune Gourville was merged into Rouillac.[3]

Rouillac
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Rouillac
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Coordinates: 45°46′36″N 0°03′43″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Val de Nouère
Intercommunality	Rouillacais
Government
• Mayor (2016–2020)	Michel Trainaud
Area ^1	56.61 km^2 (21.86 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	2,976
• Density	53/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16286 /16170
Elevation	62–186 m (203–610 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,146	—
1800	1,168	+1.9%
1806	1,184	+1.4%
1821	1,436	+21.3%
1831	1,470	+2.4%
1841	1,913	+30.1%
1846	1,982	+3.6%
1851	2,088	+5.3%
1856	2,057	−1.5%
1861	2,327	+13.1%
1866	2,438	+4.8%
1872	2,344	−3.9%
1876	2,198	−6.2%
1881	2,117	−3.7%
1886	2,100	−0.8%
1891	2,085	−0.7%
1896	2,073	−0.6%
1901	1,994	−3.8%
1906	1,939	−2.8%
1911	1,858	−4.2%
1921	1,671	−10.1%
1926	1,667	−0.2%
1931	1,594	−4.4%
1936	1,603	+0.6%
1946	1,605	+0.1%
1954	1,540	−4.0%
1962	1,582	+2.7%
1968	1,516	−4.2%
1975	1,704	+12.4%
1982	1,795	+5.3%
1990	1,713	−4.6%
1999	1,761	+2.8%
2008	1,765	+0.2%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Arrêté préfectoral 25 September 2015 (in French)
3. Arrêté préfectoral 29 November 2018 (in French)