Gourville

Gourville
Town hall
Gourville
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Gourville
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Rouillac
Intercommunality	Rouillacais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marie-France Basset
Area1	12.92 km2 (4.99 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	653
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16156 / 16170
Elevation	55–155 m (180–509 ft) (avg. 124 m or 407 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,115	—
1800	1,184	+6.2%
1806	1,119	−5.5%
1821	1,158	+3.5%
1831	1,179	+1.8%
1841	1,155	−2.0%
1846	1,112	−3.7%
1851	1,165	+4.8%
1856	1,140	−2.1%
1861	1,179	+3.4%
1866	1,209	+2.5%
1872	1,132	−6.4%
1876	1,083	−4.3%
1881	994	−8.2%
1886	862	−13.3%
1891	771	−10.6%
1896	712	−7.7%
1901	671	−5.8%
1906	694	+3.4%
1911	662	−4.6%
1921	638	−3.6%
1926	587	−8.0%
1931	582	−0.9%
1936	540	−7.2%
1946	514	−4.8%
1954	532	+3.5%
1962	516	−3.0%
1968	550	+6.6%
1975	487	−11.5%
1982	534	+9.7%
1990	543	+1.7%
1999	589	+8.5%
2008	653	+10.9%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE