Rivières, Charente

Rivières
Commune
The town hall in Rivières
Location of Rivières
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Coordinates: 45°45′13″N 0°21′46″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Val de Tardoire
Intercommunality	La Rochefoucauld - Porte du Périgord
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Viviane Bourgoin-Zorzoli[1]
Area ^1	21.54 km^2 (8.32 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,012
• Density	93/km^2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16280 /16110
Elevation	65–156 m (213–512 ft) (avg. 108 m or 354 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rivières (French pronunciation: [ʁivjɛʁ] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Rivieras) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.^[3] The names originate from the 2 rivers crossing the municipality: La Tardoire and le Bandiat.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,106	—
1975	1,212	+1.32%
1982	1,484	+2.93%
1990	1,587	+0.84%
1999	1,737	+1.01%
2009	1,847	+0.62%
2014	1,972	+1.32%
2020	2,007	+0.29%
Source: INSEE[4]

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. http://www.rivieres16.fr/ Municipality website
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE