Verteuil-sur-Charente

Verteuil-sur-Charente
Commune
Château de Verteuil
Location of Verteuil-sur-Charente
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Coordinates: 45°58′59″N 0°13′50″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Nord
Intercommunality	Val de Charente
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Clauddy Seguinar[1]
Area ^1	14.24 km^2 (5.50 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	594
• Density	42/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16400 /16510
Elevation	72–133 m (236–436 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Verteuil-sur-Charente (French pronunciation: [vɛʁtœj syʁ ʃaʁɑ̃t], literally Verteuil on Charente, before 1962: Verteuil)^[3] is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

The village is dominated by the Château de Verteuil.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	802	—
1975	719	−1.55%
1982	770	+0.98%
1990	714	−0.94%
1999	718	+0.06%
2009	647	−1.04%
2014	628	−0.59%
2020	603	−0.67%
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. Décret du 2 mars 1962 portant changement de nom de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0055, 7 March 1962, p. 2308.
4. "Le Cadre". Réception parc château de Verteuil. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Media related to Verteuil-sur-Charente at Wikimedia Commons