Lamérac

Lamérac (French pronunciation: [lameʁak]) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Montmérac.^[2]

Lamérac
Part of Montmérac
Town hall
Location of Lamérac
Lamérac Show map of France Lamérac Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 45°26′09″N 0°13′20″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde
Commune	Montmérac
Area 1	9.21 km2 (3.56 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	224
• Density	24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	16300
Elevation	60–114 m (197–374 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 590 —     1800 569 −3.6% 1806 544 −4.4% 1821 567 +4.2% 1831 525 −7.4% 1841 535 +1.9% 1846 521 −2.6% 1851 511 −1.9% 1856 510 −0.2% 1861 484 −5.1% 1866 436 −9.9% 1872 414 −5.0% 1876 390 −5.8% 1881 386 −1.0% 1886 353 −8.5% 1891 321 −9.1% 1896 329 +2.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 305 −7.3% 1906 327 +7.2% 1911 307 −6.1% 1921 292 −4.9% 1926 278 −4.8% 1931 270 −2.9% 1936 260 −3.7% 1946 249 −4.2% 1954 254 +2.0% 1962 248 −2.4% 1968 201 −19.0% 1975 188 −6.5% 1982 183 −2.7% 1990 186 +1.6% 1999 216 +16.1% 2008 194 −10.2%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
2. Charente, Six communes nouvelles en Charente à compter du 1er janvier 2016 (in French)