Barret, Charente

Barret
Barret
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Barret
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire
Intercommunality	3B - Sud-Charente
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Dominique Chatelier
Area1	22.37 km2 (8.64 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	898
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16030 / 16300
Elevation	34–127 m (112–417 ft) (avg. 67 m or 220 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,182	—
1800	1,031	−12.8%
1806	1,168	+13.3%
1821	1,242	+6.3%
1831	1,286	+3.5%
1841	1,247	−3.0%
1846	1,343	+7.7%
1851	1,337	−0.4%
1856	1,302	−2.6%
1861	1,261	−3.1%
1866	1,257	−0.3%
1872	1,198	−4.7%
1876	1,142	−4.7%
1881	1,066	−6.7%
1886	970	−9.0%
1891	933	−3.8%
1896	920	−1.4%
1901	914	−0.7%
1906	935	+2.3%
1911	923	−1.3%
1921	834	−9.6%
1926	856	+2.6%
1931	848	−0.9%
1936	797	−6.0%
1946	731	−8.3%
1954	732	+0.1%
1962	747	+2.0%
1968	750	+0.4%
1975	810	+8.0%
1982	862	+6.4%
1990	951	+10.3%
1999	867	−8.8%
2008	898	+3.6%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE