Saint-Léger, Charente

Saint-Léger (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ leʒe] ^ⓘ) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Coteaux du Blanzacais.^[2]

Saint-Léger
Part of Coteaux du Blanzacais
Town hall
Location of Saint-Léger
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Coordinates: 45°27′39″N 0°02′45″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Charente-Sud
Commune	Coteaux du Blanzacais
Area 1	4.21 km2 (1.63 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[1]	128
• Density	30/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	16250
Elevation	76–179 m (249–587 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 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 186 —     1800 171 −8.1% 1806 156 −8.8% 1821 186 +19.2% 1831 215 +15.6% 1841 203 −5.6% 1846 210 +3.4% 1851 200 −4.8% 1856 204 +2.0% 1861 200 −2.0% 1866 189 −5.5% 1872 192 +1.6% 1876 185 −3.6% 1881 194 +4.9% 1886 187 −3.6% 1891 183 −2.1% 1896 177 −3.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 183 +3.4% 1906 194 +6.0% 1911 191 −1.5% 1921 153 −19.9% 1926 165 +7.8% 1931 174 +5.5% 1936 156 −10.3% 1946 146 −6.4% 1954 134 −8.2% 1962 145 +8.2% 1968 140 −3.4% 1975 176 +25.7% 1982 181 +2.8% 1990 140 −22.7% 1999 136 −2.9% 2008 122 −10.3%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2018, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 28 September 2018, p. 7 (in French)