Esse, Charente

Esse
Town hall and museum
Esse
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Esse
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Confolens-Sud
Intercommunality	Confolentais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Roland Fourgeaud
Area1	30.37 km2 (11.73 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	493
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16131 / 16500
Elevation	124–242 m (407–794 ft) (avg. 240 m or 790 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	942	—
1800	978	+3.8%
1806	884	−9.6%
1821	871	−1.5%
1831	838	−3.8%
1841	888	+6.0%
1846	930	+4.7%
1851	896	−3.7%
1856	862	−3.8%
1861	796	−7.7%
1866	805	+1.1%
1872	808	+0.4%
1876	858	+6.2%
1881	895	+4.3%
1886	916	+2.3%
1891	920	+0.4%
1896	876	−4.8%
1901	873	−0.3%
1906	875	+0.2%
1911	860	−1.7%
1921	768	−10.7%
1926	743	−3.3%
1931	690	−7.1%
1936	637	−7.7%
1946	640	+0.5%
1954	583	−8.9%
1962	531	−8.9%
1968	473	−10.9%
1975	427	−9.7%
1982	466	+9.1%
1990	503	+7.9%
1999	497	−1.2%
2008	493	−0.8%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE