Couture, Charente

Couture
Town hall
Couture
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Couture
Coordinates: 45°55′50″N 0°17′11″E / 45.9306°N 0.2864°ECoordinates: 45°55′50″N 0°17′11″E / 45.9306°N 0.2864°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Ruffec
Intercommunality	Trois Vallées
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacqueline Ducloux-Ruzek
Area^1	10.61 km^2 (4.10 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	162
• Density	15/km^2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	16114 / 16460
Elevation	79–135 m (259–443 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	553	—
1800	620	+12.1%
1806	600	−3.2%
1821	645	+7.5%
1831	700	+8.5%
1841	728	+4.0%
1846	750	+3.0%
1851	734	−2.1%
1856	708	−3.5%
1861	643	−9.2%
1866	680	+5.8%
1872	557	−18.1%
1876	568	+2.0%
1881	560	−1.4%
1886	544	−2.9%
1891	512	−5.9%
1896	445	−13.1%
1901	441	−0.9%
1906	449	+1.8%
1911	418	−6.9%
1921	344	−17.7%
1926	365	+6.1%
1931	341	−6.6%
1936	357	+4.7%
1946	326	−8.7%
1954	275	−15.6%
1962	269	−2.2%
1968	252	−6.3%
1975	210	−16.7%
1982	206	−1.9%
1990	177	−14.1%
1999	158	−10.7%
2008	162	+2.5%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE