Bellon, Charente

Bellon
Coat of arms
Bellon
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Bellon
Coordinates: 45°18′13″N 0°07′13″E / 45.3036°N 0.1203°ECoordinates: 45°18′13″N 0°07′13″E / 45.3036°N 0.1203°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Aubeterre-sur-Dronne
Intercommunality	Pays d'Aubeterre
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Luc Tachet
Area^1	9.13 km^2 (3.53 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	173
• Density	19/km^2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	16037 / 16210
Elevation	53–124 m (174–407 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 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.

Bellon is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	537	—
1800	504	−6.1%
1806	514	+2.0%
1821	586	+14.0%
1831	572	−2.4%
1841	545	−4.7%
1846	571	+4.8%
1851	510	−10.7%
1856	510	+0.0%
1861	375	−26.5%
1866	462	+23.2%
1872	451	−2.4%
1876	420	−6.9%
1881	420	+0.0%
1886	419	−0.2%
1891	392	−6.4%
1896	356	−9.2%
1901	386	+8.4%
1906	371	−3.9%
1911	349	−5.9%
1921	291	−16.6%
1926	264	−9.3%
1931	248	−6.1%
1936	254	+2.4%
1946	265	+4.3%
1954	240	−9.4%
1962	205	−14.6%
1968	176	−14.1%
1975	157	−10.8%
1982	179	+14.0%
1990	156	−12.8%
1999	152	−2.6%
2008	173	+13.8%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE