La Péruse

La Péruse is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Terres-de-Haute-Charente.[2]

La Péruse
Part of Terres-de-Haute-Charente
Town hall
Location of La Péruse
La Péruse La Péruse
Coordinates: 45°52′42″N 0°37′06″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Vienne
Commune	Terres-de-Haute-Charente
Area ^1	8.52 km^2 (3.29 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	511
• Density	60/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	16270
Elevation	158–251 m (518–823 ft) (avg. 254 m or 833 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	530	—
1800	501	−5.5%
1806	488	−2.6%
1821	554	+13.5%
1831	540	−2.5%
1841	601	+11.3%
1846	645	+7.3%
1851	673	+4.3%
1856	660	−1.9%
1861	611	−7.4%
1866	578	−5.4%
1872	557	−3.6%
1876	591	+6.1%
1881	624	+5.6%
1886	618	−1.0%
1891	605	−2.1%
1896	553	−8.6%
1901	548	−0.9%
1906	604	+10.2%
1911	643	+6.5%
1921	461	−28.3%
1926	466	+1.1%
1931	435	−6.7%
1936	436	+0.2%
1946	441	+1.1%
1954	427	−3.2%
1962	515	+20.6%
1968	465	−9.7%
1975	462	−0.6%
1982	562	+21.6%
1990	501	−10.9%
1999	514	+2.6%
2008	496	−3.5%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 28 September 2018, p. 19 (in French)