Villegats, Charente

Villegats is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Courcôme.[2]

Villegats
Part of Courcôme
Town hall
Location of Villegats
Villegats Villegats
Coordinates: 45°59′33″N 0°11′37″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Nord
Commune	Courcôme
Area ^1	7.71 km^2 (2.98 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	216
• Density	28/km^2 (73/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	16700
Elevation	91–161 m (299–528 ft) (avg. 133 m or 436 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	453	—
1800	485	+7.1%
1806	452	−6.8%
1821	513	+13.5%
1831	550	+7.2%
1841	461	−16.2%
1846	524	+13.7%
1851	468	−10.7%
1856	433	−7.5%
1861	388	−10.4%
1866	394	+1.5%
1872	407	+3.3%
1876	382	−6.1%
1881	384	+0.5%
1886	355	−7.6%
1891	354	−0.3%
1896	347	−2.0%
1901	324	−6.6%
1906	315	−2.8%
1911	298	−5.4%
1921	268	−10.1%
1926	252	−6.0%
1931	237	−6.0%
1936	238	+0.4%
1946	250	+5.0%
1954	230	−8.0%
1962	262	+13.9%
1968	234	−10.7%
1975	209	−10.7%
1982	258	+23.4%
1990	245	−5.0%
1999	264	+7.8%
2008	244	−7.6%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

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