Roumazières-Loubert

Roumazières-Loubert
Part of Terres-de-Haute-Charente
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Roumazières-Loubert
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Coordinates: 45°53′45″N 0°34′34″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Bonnieure
Commune	Terres-de-Haute-Charente
Area 1	46.59 km2 (17.99 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	2,485
• Density	53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	16270
Elevation	155–245 m (509–804 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Roumazières-Loubert (French pronunciation: [ʁumazjɛʁ lubɛʁ]; Occitan: Romasieras Loberc) 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.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 595 —     1800 132 −77.8% 1806 132 0.0% 1821 144 9.1% 1831 141 −2.1% 1841 631 347.5% 1846 638 1.1% 1851 649 1.7% 1856 630 −2.9% 1861 583 −7.5% 1866 580 −0.5% 1872 572 −1.4% 1876 617 7.9% 1881 757 22.7% 1886 844 11.5% 1891 799 −5.3% 1896 771 −3.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 930 20.6% 1906 1,155 24.2% 1911 1,554 34.5% 1921 1,519 −2.3% 1926 1,667 9.7% 1931 1,672 0.3% 1936 1,572 −6.0% 1946 1,413 −10.1% 1954 1,525 7.9% 1962 1,551 1.7% 1968 1,596 2.9% 1975 3,146 97.1% 1982 3,007 −4.4% 1990 3,002 −0.2% 1999 2,779 −7.4% 2008 2,558 −8.0%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department