Combiers

Combiers
Combiers
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Combiers
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Villebois-Lavalette
Intercommunality	Horte et Lavalette
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Raymond Borderon
Area1	23.96 km2 (9.25 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	115
• Density	4.8/km2 (12/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16103 / 16320
Elevation	90–215 m (295–705 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Geography

The Lizonne (locally called Nizonne) forms most of the commune's southern border.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	619	—
1800	679	+9.7%
1806	700	+3.1%
1821	630	−10.0%
1831	638	+1.3%
1841	675	+5.8%
1846	627	−7.1%
1851	631	+0.6%
1856	609	−3.5%
1861	624	+2.5%
1866	558	−10.6%
1872	558	+0.0%
1876	542	−2.9%
1881	504	−7.0%
1886	506	+0.4%
1891	445	−12.1%
1896	444	−0.2%
1901	407	−8.3%
1906	386	−5.2%
1911	379	−1.8%
1921	341	−10.0%
1926	342	+0.3%
1931	319	−6.7%
1936	325	+1.9%
1946	360	+10.8%
1954	271	−24.7%
1962	242	−10.7%
1968	214	−11.6%
1975	154	−28.0%
1982	145	−5.8%
1990	127	−12.4%
1999	114	−10.2%
2008	115	+0.9%

Sights

• Arboretum Jean Aubouin
• The grandmontine priory of Rauzet

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE