Les Essards, Charente

Les Essards
Commune
Town hall
Location of Les Essards
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Coordinates: 45°14′27″N 0°07′03″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Tude-et-Lavalette
Intercommunality	Lavalette Tude Dronne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Adamy[1]
Area ^1	8.98 km^2 (3.47 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	181
• Density	20/km^2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16130 /16210
Elevation	30–145 m (98–476 ft) (avg. 124 m or 407 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Essards (French pronunciation: [le.z‿ɛsaʁ] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Los Eissarts) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	241	—
1975	233	−0.48%
1982	203	−1.95%
1990	193	−0.63%
1999	197	+0.23%
2009	207	+0.50%
2014	193	−1.39%
2020	183	−0.88%
Source: INSEE[3]

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. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE