Thoard

Thoard
The bell tower of the church of Our Lady of Bethlehem, in Thoard
Coat of arms
Thoard
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region  Thoard
Coordinates: 44°09′02″N 6°08′56″E / 44.1506°N 6.1489°ECoordinates: 44°09′02″N 6°08′56″E / 44.1506°N 6.1489°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Digne-les-Bains
Canton	Digne-les-Bains-Ouest
Intercommunality	Duyes et Bléone
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Denis Baille
Area^1	43.69 km^2 (16.87 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	723
• Density	17/km^2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	04217 / 04380
Elevation	667–1,652 m (2,188–5,420 ft) (avg. 765 m or 2,510 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.

Thoard is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1765	963	—
1793	974	+1.1%
1806	1,016	+4.3%
1821	962	−5.3%
1831	906	−5.8%
1836	1,078	+19.0%
1841	1,038	−3.7%
1846	1,049	+1.1%
1851	1,059	+1.0%
1856	1,024	−3.3%
1861	1,000	−2.3%
1866	989	−1.1%
1872	908	−8.2%
1876	919	+1.2%
1881	936	+1.8%
1886	928	−0.9%
1891	867	−6.6%
1896	796	−8.2%
1901	764	−4.0%
1906	807	+5.6%
1911	767	−5.0%
1921	633	−17.5%
1926	523	−17.4%
1931	512	−2.1%
1936	467	−8.8%
1946	435	−6.9%
1954	414	−4.8%
1962	314	−24.2%
1968	395	+25.8%
1975	423	+7.1%
1982	487	+15.1%
1990	564	+15.8%
1999	646	+14.5%
2008	723	+11.9%

See also

• Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

References

• INSEE