Rivières, Charente

Rivières
Rivières
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Rivières
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	La Rochefoucauld
Intercommunality	Bandiat-Tardoire
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Cuny
Area1	21.54 km2 (8.32 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,865
• Density	87/km2 (220/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16280 / 16110
Elevation	65–156 m (213–512 ft) (avg. 108 m or 354 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Rivières is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,049	—
1800	1,206	+15.0%
1806	1,206	+0.0%
1821	1,282	+6.3%
1831	1,325	+3.4%
1841	1,298	−2.0%
1846	1,275	−1.8%
1851	1,240	−2.7%
1856	1,212	−2.3%
1861	1,135	−6.4%
1866	1,129	−0.5%
1872	1,049	−7.1%
1876	1,086	+3.5%
1881	1,072	−1.3%
1886	1,095	+2.1%
1891	1,074	−1.9%
1896	913	−15.0%
1901	843	−7.7%
1906	859	+1.9%
1911	858	−0.1%
1921	852	−0.7%
1926	837	−1.8%
1931	887	+6.0%
1936	907	+2.3%
1946	827	−8.8%
1954	911	+10.2%
1962	1,050	+15.3%
1968	1,106	+5.3%
1975	1,212	+9.6%
1982	1,484	+22.4%
1990	1,587	+6.9%
1999	1,737	+9.5%
2008	1,865	+7.4%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE