Gardes-le-Pontaroux

Gardes-le-Pontaroux
Gardes-le-Pontaroux
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Gardes-le-Pontaroux
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Villebois-Lavalette
Intercommunality	Horte et Lavalette
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Bajule
Area1	13.3 km2 (5.1 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	273
• Density	21/km2 (53/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16147 / 16320
Elevation	101–220 m (331–722 ft) (avg. 155 m or 509 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.

Gardes-le-Pontaroux is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	621	—
1800	594	−4.3%
1806	607	+2.2%
1821	649	+6.9%
1831	674	+3.9%
1841	660	−2.1%
1846	638	−3.3%
1851	659	+3.3%
1856	690	+4.7%
1861	637	−7.7%
1866	635	−0.3%
1872	578	−9.0%
1876	516	−10.7%
1881	470	−8.9%
1886	482	+2.6%
1891	443	−8.1%
1896	466	+5.2%
1901	422	−9.4%
1906	431	+2.1%
1911	400	−7.2%
1921	362	−9.5%
1926	362	+0.0%
1931	358	−1.1%
1936	348	−2.8%
1946	365	+4.9%
1954	301	−17.5%
1962	287	−4.7%
1968	237	−17.4%
1975	217	−8.4%
1982	267	+23.0%
1990	242	−9.4%
1999	248	+2.5%
2008	273	+10.1%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE