La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois

La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois
Commune
The town hall in La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois
Location of La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois
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Coordinates: 45°44′29″N 0°23′14″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Val de Tardoire
Intercommunality	La Rochefoucauld - Porte du Périgord
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean Louis Marsaud[1]
Area ^1	24.15 km^2 (9.32 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	4,002
• Density	170/km^2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16281 /16110
Elevation	75–136 m (246–446 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois (French pronunciation: [la ʁɔʃfuko ɑ̃.n‿ɑ̃ɡumwa], literally La Rochefoucauld in Angoumois; Occitan: La Ròcha Focaud d'Engolmés) is a commune in the department of Charente, southwestern France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of La Rochefoucauld (the seat) and Saint-Projet-Saint-Constant.^[3]

In February 2021, speleologists explored a kilometre-long sepulchral cave containing numerous ceramics and a dozen human skulls. The site, located in the commune, was occupied for more than a millennium during the Bronze Age, until about 900 BC.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,434	—
1975	4,453	+0.06%
1982	4,070	−1.28%
1990	4,290	+0.66%
1999	4,148	−0.37%
2007	4,188	+0.12%
2012	3,961	−1.11%
2017	3,981	+0.10%
Source: INSEE[5]

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Arrêté préfectoral 28 September 2018, p. 10 (in French)
4. "L'image de la semaine : une exceptionnelle grotte sépulcrale découverte en Charente". Le Monde.fr (in French). 4 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE