Mazières

Mazières 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]

Mazières
Part of Terres-de-Haute-Charente
Location of Mazières
Mazières Mazières
Coordinates: 45°50′13″N 0°34′17″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Bonnieure
Commune	Terres-de-Haute-Charente
Area ^1	5.87 km^2 (2.27 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	102
• Density	17/km^2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	16270
Elevation	145–236 m (476–774 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 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	314	—
1800	314	+0.0%
1806	378	+20.4%
1821	301	−20.4%
1831	358	+18.9%
1841	345	−3.6%
1846	335	−2.9%
1851	322	−3.9%
1856	293	−9.0%
1861	316	+7.8%
1866	302	−4.4%
1872	300	−0.7%
1876	300	+0.0%
1881	301	+0.3%
1886	302	+0.3%
1891	319	+5.6%
1896	297	−6.9%
1901	282	−5.1%
1906	279	−1.1%
1911	295	+5.7%
1921	255	−13.6%
1926	232	−9.0%
1931	221	−4.7%
1936	214	−3.2%
1946	180	−15.9%
1954	183	+1.7%
1962	190	+3.8%
1968	179	−5.8%
1975	140	−21.8%
1982	126	−10.0%
1990	88	−30.2%
1999	93	+5.7%
2008	101	+8.6%

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)